Examples of actions to restore and rehabilitate ecosystems include:

The dry conditions cause the vegetation to die, so the land loses the protective cover that vegetation provides. Too many animals within the area – leads to overgrazing . Population growth – traditional, less intensive, methods of farming decline. There is more pressure on the land for growing crops.

Desertification is associated with biodiversity loss and contributes to global climate change through loss of carbon sequestration capacity and an increase in land-surface albedo. Biological diversity is involved in most services provided by dryland ecosystems and is adversely affected by desertification.

• establishing seed banks,
• reintroducing selected species,
• countering erosion through terracing and other measures,
• enriching the soil with nutrients, and.
• planting trees.

Human activities that contribute to desertification include the expansion and intensive use of agricultural lands, poor irrigation practices, deforestation, and overgrazing. These unsustainable land uses place enormous pressure on the land by altering its soil chemistry and hydrology.

‘Climatic variations’ and ‘Human activities’ can be regarded as the two main causes of desertification. removal of the natural vegetation cover（by taking too much fuel wood）, agricultural activities in the vulnerable ecosystems of arid and semi-arid areas, which are thus strained beyond their capacity.

“In many countries, desertification means a decline in soil fertility, a reduction in vegetation cover – especially grass cover – and more invasive shrub species. Practically speaking, the consequences of this are less available land for grazing, and less productive soils.

Land degradation and desertification can affect human health through complex pathways. As land is degraded and deserts expand in some places, food production is reduced, water sources dry up and populations are pressured to move to more hospitable areas. the spread of infectious diseases as populations migrate.

Overgrazing – an increasing population results in larger desert areas being farmed. Sheep, cattle and goats are overgrazing the vegetation. This leaves the soil exposed to erosion. Soil erosion – this is made worse by overgrazing and the removal of wood.

Overgrazing can reduce ground cover, enabling erosion and compaction of the land by wind and rain.. This reduces the ability for plants to grow and water to penetrate, which harms soil microbes and results in serious erosion of the land.

Overgrazing reduces the usefulness, productivity, and biodiversity of the land and is one cause of desertification and erosion. Overgrazing is also seen as a cause of the spread of invasive species of non-native plants and of weeds.

To prevent overgrazing, the following steps can be taken:

1. Pasture forage can be supplemented with stored livestock feed.
2. Livestock can be pulled off pasture.
3. A percentage of pasture acres can be planted for warm- or cool-season species while perennial-species recover.

This food is normally found outside easily. But Overgrazing these food leads to the deformation of that plant grass again. Grass must be eat normally without taking out roots So Actually this should be avoided to get another Grazing session.It means that grass might not be available after Overgrazed period.

Rotational grazing is a process of planned grazing that encourages pasture growth, provides maximum benefits to the animals, and prevents overgrazing. The pasture is grazed while it is leafy and nutritious, still in the vegetative stage, and before the forage matures.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Overgrazing by millions of sheep and goats is the primary cause of degraded land in the Mongolian Steppe, one of the largest remaining grassland ecosystems in the world, Oregon State University researchers say in a new report.

The dust bowl of the 1930s in the United States was an example of the negative effects overgrazing, soil erosion and land degradation have on a landscape.

In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for overgrazing, like: over-grazing, undergrazing, under-grazing, deforestation, afforestation, over-exploitation, grazing and salination.

This is why continuous grazing in the same pasture ensures overgrazing. Even if there is only one animal in the pasture, they will preferentially seek out lush green regrowth. Over time, the more nutritious and palatable plants will be replaced by less nutritious plants.

Unfortunately, poor persistence of sown pasture plants is the reality that most farmers experience. In this paper we review the literature on three key factors leading to poor persistence and weed ingress: 1) inter-specific competition; 2) sward disturbance; and 3) propagule pressure.

Mismanaging grazing land by overstocking can lead to soil erosion, bush encroachment, drying up of springs and low animal productivity (Doran et al 1979). Environmental effects of overgrazing are contribution to contamination of ground water, eutrophication and compaction of soil (Li Pun et al 2004).