Land loss exacerbates the problem.
Land loss could force millions to relocate.
Louisiana has one of the fastest rates of land loss in the country, due to the twin problems of land loss and sea level rise.
Another slide showed southeastern Louisiana, with areas of land loss expected by 2050 outlined in red.
Instead, though, virtually all the practices that exacerbate land loss were allowed to continue and, in some cases, even encouraged.
A few minutes farther down the road, as one reaches Leeville, the reality of land loss is unmistakable.
The cycle of greed, of land loss and of despair is as relevant now as it ever was".
Almost all the bereaved families report that debts and land loss because of unsuccessful crops were among their biggest problems.
All of these plans rest on the same assumption, which is that something can be done to halt, or at least dramatically slow, land loss.
The reality of land loss plays out like a somber bass line upon which the high notes of life continue as usual.
But when it came to recognising irreversible effects, such as land loss and migration, the draft was a disappointment, campaign groups said.
