Provoked the sprouting of dislocated environment, mainly women who, in turn, exert a high demographic pressure on the natural resources in the immigration small farms.

(a) Arresting and reversing environmental degradation

Because from a planning perspective, economic degradation begets environmental degradation, which begets social degradation.

(b) To increase the participation of women in national ecosystem management and the control of environmental degradation

The environmental degradation is obvious even to casual observers.

And along with economic growth have come environmental degradation and climate change.

Environmental degradation further compounds these problems.

The degradation of the environment has clearly become one of the major obstacles to development.

Equally worrisome is the downward trend in environmental degradation.

You know, between the environmental degradation and the crashing of the world markets you're talking about.

That children are the most vulnerable victims of environmental degradation has already been recognized.

E RISC highlights the situation in several countries including Brazil, France, India, Turkey, and Japan demonstrating how importers and exporters of natural resources such as timber, fish, and crops are being exposed to the increasing volatility that accompanies rising global resource scarcity.

Environmental degradation appears to reinforce links between poverty and high fertility.

Environmental degradation is a major development bottleneck which must be addressed as a matter of urgency.

Alone, we cannot cope with environmental degradation, with terrorism or with poverty.

In the face of environmental degradation, basic skills for the enhancement of livelihood opportunities are becoming increasingly crucial.

18. An additional area of concern is the assessment of environmental degradation through the use of remote sensing data.

It acknowledges that both rapid population growth and wasteful consumption patterns play major roles in environmental degradation.

The prevention of further environmental degradation as a consequence of an accelerated disarmament process represents a major additional challenge.

If the war on environmental degradation is to be won, we need a major turnaround.

From environmental degradation through international lawlessness to energy crises, it is the small States that are often the first victims.

Experts thought that aquaculture should be carried out only with native species in order to limit environmental degradation.

These issues contribute to environmental degradation through the unsustainable practices of utilizing natural resources.

65. The environmental degradation of the least developed countries should receive urgent international attention.

In the past we have tended to focus more on remedial measures than on the causes of environmental degradation.

It was caused not only by natural factors such as climate change but also by socio economic factors.

33. It is recognized that environmental degradation is most often the result of small scale mining operations.

Environmental degradation further aggravates the shortage of arable land in many parts of the developing world.

The world apos s nations pledged to reduce environmental degradation collectively, while promoting economic development globally.

Mr. AL THANI (Qatar) said that environmental degradation was one of the major challenges facing mankind.

This has also led to environmental degradation, and loss of resources that could otherwise benefit local communities.

We have stressed in particular the importance of the mangrove system in buttressing coastal areas against environmental degradation.

And sustainability is being jeopardized by environmental degradation and pollution, which pose a growing threat to the country s atmosphere and water supply.

The ANC has stated that the linkages between environmental degradation and the socio economic crisis within South Africa parallel global patterns.

Environmental degradation continues to pose a serious threat to the planet and its resources, and no country no country is immune from its impact.

Social, economic and political advancement in small developing countries should not be held to ransom by the industrialized world as a way of punishing them for environmental degradation.

The critics point to the 500 billion dollars spent in Africa since 1970 and say, and what do we have but environmental degradation and incredible levels of poverty, rampant corruption?

It may be that the social singularity ahead is the one that we fear the most a convergence of catastrophes, of environmental degradation, of weapons of mass destruction, of pandemics, of poverty.

Our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.

Regional cooperation must also be expanded to directly impact the MDGs in such areas as environmental degradation, communicable diseases and the migration of workers.

Nature did not mete out such disasters on the basis of how well equipped a country was to deal with the aftermath, or what responsibility a country bore for environmental degradation.

The Iraqi regime has been and is solely responsible for the environmental deterioration our area is suffering and will continue to suffer in the near and distant future.

All efforts should be made to halt adverse trends and to provide ample technical and financial assistance to the countries most affected by environmental degradation.

Once a world leader in the fight against environmental degradation, America was the last major economy to acknowledge the reality of climate change.

While the report tries to have a comprehensive approach to global environmental degradation, it clearly fails to provide broad recommendations to address the challenge.