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Desertification in Portugal: causes, consequences and possible solutions
Branco, João; Oliveira, Márcia; Ferreira, Ricardo; Póvoa, OrlandaAlthough desertification is not a new problem, world-wide population awareness is increasing. This problem has a greater impact in developing countries, where subsistence agriculture leads to very serious consequences as famine and sub-nutrition. However, desertification also affects the developed ones, because of, among other factors, unsustainable practices in the Agriculture and Forestry sectors combined wit...
Deforestation in Portugal: causes, consequences and possible solutions
Branco, João; Oliveira, Márcia; Ferreira, Ricardo; Póvoa, OrlandaDeforestation is not a new problem although world-wide population awareness is increasing. This issue has terrible environmental, social and economic consequences due to the over-exploitation of the natural resources and to alternative land uses which are more profitable in the short term. The combat and mitigation of deforestation is one of the biggest challenges for the 21st Century in order to achieve the Mi...
