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the overgrazing
verb
To graze land excessively, to the detriment of the land and its vegetation
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The government has begun placing restrictions on grazing and even begun fencing in some properties in an attempt to halt the overgrazing.
A proposed hypothesis for these fluctuations involves the overgrazing of vegetation on herd summer ranges at high herd densities resulting in a reduction in available forage.
One of the reasons for their decline is habitat destruction caused by the overgrazing of farm animals, housing development, and the building of tourist resorts on the beaches where the animals prefer to build their nests.
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What happened to the remaining grass and topsoil as the sand blew across the "overgrazed" sod?
You stand to gain all the resources an extra animal can provide, while the cost (overgrazing of the pasture) is spread across the entire group, such that each person will hardly notice the change.
The museum could also focus on climate change by using its collection and expertise to tell the story of how, some 10,000 years ago in the Levant, in the Middle East, overgrazing by goats removed topsoil, causing a change in the microclimate, Dr. Siggers said.
The decline may result from the overexploitation, overgrazing and climate change, but there is no doubt that the changes in its distribution range and yield should be monitored by long-term field observation and statistical analyses.
At the same time, conservationists became alarmed by the damage overgrazing, logging, and unregulated visitation were having on the fragile features of Bryce Canyon.
Recent research has questioned the universality of both the two-layer hypothesis and the hypothesis that overgrazing is the cause of woody plant encroachment.
Discussions in focus groups and subsequent expert interviews both stressed that the effect of overgrazing between the ranches' protection fence and Lake Ngami has significantly reduced both the grass cover density and biodiversity of the area.
It was also during this period (1975) that the government introduced the TGLP to curb the problems of overgrazing that were reported to be commonplace in the communal grazing lands, particularly in the eastern hardveld of Botswana.
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