But it’s even worse: here, most of these tiny refuges are being killed off by overgrazing. Take Uragh Woods, on the Beara Peninsula. Sandwiched between Lough Inchiquin and a mountain ridge ...

Overgrazing can lead to poorer soils that support less plant and animal life. “It (SwagBot) allows us to assess our paddocks in real time in a much more detailed way,” said Erin O’Neill, a part-time ...

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South Sudan and Tanzania are experiencing the fastest rate of land transitioning to drylands in the world, signaling future struggles for fertile land. Meanwhile, China has the largest total area ...

However, grasslands are under increasing pressures from human activities such as overgrazing and conversion to cropland, as well as from climate change, leading to significant alterations in the ...

In April this year, a similar report by the Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) highlighted that a total of 340 million hectares of woody vegetation in dryland zones of Africa have become degraded ...

In April this year, a similar report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation highlighted that 340 million hectares of woody vegetation in dryland zones of Africa have become degraded through human ...