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The pressure of people on the vulnerable land has led to erosion , and at the height of the dry period , three times as much dust as normal , African topsoil , blew as far away as Barbados , 4,700 kilometers across the Atlantic .
The pressure of people on the vulnerable land has led to erosion , and at the height of the dry period , three times as much dust as normal , African topsoil , blew as far away as Barbados , 4,700 kilometers across the Atlantic .
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Over the centuries , people have shared the fruits of the land and the resources of nature . ... Though pastoralists are often blamed for taking advantage of common grazing lands by overstocking , in many cases they have a system of ...
Over the centuries , people have shared the fruits of the land and the resources of nature . ... Though pastoralists are often blamed for taking advantage of common grazing lands by overstocking , in many cases they have a system of ...
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The increasing demand for food leads , inevitably , to more land being put to the plow . Countries with high population growth rates tend to increase the amount of cultivated land faster than those with less population pressure .
The increasing demand for food leads , inevitably , to more land being put to the plow . Countries with high population growth rates tend to increase the amount of cultivated land faster than those with less population pressure .
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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