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Writing Task 1 Assignment
decrease in agricultural land. Meanwhile, the table shows their impact on three
specific continents, namely North America, Europe, and Oceania, in the 1990s.
It is noticeable that overgrazing has the most influence on land degradation
worldwide and in the three regions combined.
In the table, it can be clearly seen that Europe had the most land degraded, at
23%. Deforestation has the most impact, accounting for 9.8% of the
degradation. Oceania had overgrazing as the main factor, with an
overwhelming 11.3% of the 13%. North America had only 5%, with
overcultivation as the highest contributor at 3.3%.