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            • désertification
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            • La désertification est un phénomène naturel ou non qui a pour origine des variations climatiques et/ou les conséquences d'activités humaines. Ce mot décrit une aridification locale, reflétant la dégradation des terres menant à des conditions biotiques de type désertique. Wikipédia - by Kévin Bacquet
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            • Un tiers de la superficie des terres émergées du globe (4 milliards d’hectares) est menacé par la désertification, et plus de 250 millions de personnes sont directement affectées par ce problème. 24 milliards de tonnes de sols fertiles disparaissent chaque année. Entre 1991 et 2000, les sécheresses ont entraîné la mort de plus de 280 000 personnes; elles représentent 11% de l’ensemble des catastrophes naturelles liées à l’eau. - Année internationale de l'eau douce by Kévin Bacquet
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            • desertificação
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            • Desertificação é o fenômeno que corresponde à transformação de uma área em um deserto. O termo desertificação tem sido muito utilizado para a perda da capacidade produtiva dos ecossistemas causada pela atividade antrópica. Devido às condições ambientais, as atividades econômicas desenvolvidas em uma região extrapolam a capacidade de suporte e de sustentabilidade. O processo é pouco perceptível pelas populacões locais. Há também erosão genética da fauna e flora, extinção de espécies e proliferação eventual de espécies exóticas. Wikipedia - by Ana Falasca Bernardes
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            • ερημοποίηση
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            • Η υποβάθμιση του εδάφους λόγω κλιματικής αλλαγής, μη ορθών μεθόδων καλλιέργειας, διάβρωσης κτλ. Own research - by Anastasia Naoumi (X)
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            • «Οι μελέτες δείχνουν πως το 35% του εδάφους της Ελλάδας απειλείται σοβαρά από αυτό το φαινόμενο, το 49% είναι σε μέτριο κίνδυνο και το 16% σε χαμηλό...», είπε χαρακτηριστικά ο Κ. Κοσμάς, ο οποίος παράλληλα εξήγησε τον όρο «ερημοποίηση» λέγοντας: «Πρόκειται για την υποβάθμιση του εδάφους και της βλάστησης σε τέτοιο βαθμό ώστε να μην μπορεί στον τόπο αυτό να αναπτυχθεί ούτε γεωργία, ούτε κτηνοτροφία, ούτε δάση. - Newspaper Ethnos by Anastasia Naoumi (X)
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            • desertification
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            • The process through which a desert takes over a formerly non-desert area. When a region begins to undergo desertification, the new conditions typically include a significantly lowered water table, a reduced supply of surface water, increased salinity in natural waters and soils, progressive destruction of native vegetation, and an accelerated rate of erosion. CENGAGE Learning
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            • In addition to vegetation deterioration, erosion, and salinization, desertification effects can be seen in loss of soil fertility, soil compaction, and soil crusting - DESERTIFICATION OF ARID LANDS
            • Common indicators of desertification include a reduction in the amount and diversity of plant and animal species, loss of water-retention capacity, lessened soil fertility, and increasing wind and water erosion. - Desertification
            • Desertification creates conditions that intensify wildfires and stirring winds, adding to the tremendous pressure to earth's most precious resource, water, and, of course, the animals dependant on it. - Did you know?
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