Environmental degradation ... of root causes of the agrarian crisis. No current or intended use of natural resources should condemn our children to endless toil or deprivation. Land, water ...

Over the last forty years, 20 per cent of the Amazon basin has been cleared for a number of reasons, some of which are listed in the diagram below.

Understanding the causes, consequences ... While there is no universally accepted definition of sprawling land development, there are several common characteristics pervading the literature ...

Top soil loss threatens food security Intensive agriculture and deforestation are major causes of land degradation involving soil erosion, leaving large areas vulnerable to the loss of fertile top ...

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of 2005 estimates that 10% of the drylands suffer from one or more forms of land degradation. Poverty is one of the causes as well as a consequence of ...

Capitalist processes wreak havoc on ecosystems. What stories or accounts can spur people to address environmental degradation, and help them grasp its root causes? Drawing on works by John Steinbeck ...