Causes of Environmental Degradation in the Coastal Areas of South West, Nigeriadoi:10.20897/EJOSDR/3969Joy Oluwatomi JiboyeChristopher Ogolo IkporukpoCharles Olufisayo OlatubaraVeritas Publications LTD
Environmental degradation, the gradual deterioration of the Earth’s natural resources and ecosystems, poses a grave threat to the planet’s well-being and the survival of all life forms. Fromdeforestationto pollution and climate change, human activities have triggered a cascade of environmental challe...
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What is the main focus of the passage? A. The causes of environmental degradation. B. The growing interest in environmental protection. C. The consequences of ignoring environmental issues. D. The role of government in promoting E. co-friendly practices. ...
Degradation By Improper Use Of Natural Resources - This often causes over-exploitation of the natural resources such as air water, etc.
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Reduced biodiversity also creates a kind of “ecosystem homogenization” across regions as well as throughout thebiosphere.Specialist species (i.e., those adapted to narrowhabitats, limited food resources, or other specific environmental conditions) are often the mostvulnerableto dramatic population decli...
Land Degradation in Mediterranean Environments of the World: Nature and Extent, Causes and Solutions, edited by A. J. Conacher and M. Sala. Wiley, Chichester, 1998. ISBN 0 471 96317 8, £85·00 (hardback), xxviii+491 pp.doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(200003/04)11:2<195::AID-...
For mitigating land degradation, air pollution, and climate change, the Chinese government has implemented a series of nationwide ecosystem restoration programs since the late 1980s, such as the “Three-North Forest Shelterbelt Program”, the “Natural Forest Conservation Program”, and the “Grain ...
Since the 1950s, the amounts of sediment transported by large East Asian rivers have decreased significantly due to the impacts of human activities, such as reservoirs and dams [1,2,3,4]. The erosion and deposition process is a main environmental degradation threat [5] because water-induced ...