Sentences with phrase «devastation of the water resources»

There is currently a ban on small - scale mining in the country following the widespread devastation of the water resources and forest reserves due to the activities of illegal miners.

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It describes the risks to agriculture and livelihood security in Sub-Saharan Africa; the rise in sea - level, loss of coral reefs and devastation to coastal areas likely in South East Asia; and the fluctuating water resources in South Asia that can lead to flooding in some areas and water scarcity in others, as well as affecting power supply.

That, on top of natural resource mismanagement by the Assad regime — subsidizing water - intensive wheat and cotton farming and unsustainable irrigation techniques — led to a large amount of devastation.

Depleting fossil fuel reserves, depleting mineral reserves, widespread devastation of eco systems, depletion of biodiversity, acidification of oceans, dwindling fresh water resources, food production to food demand ratio becoming more acute, and of course the primary driver for all of the above continued increase in the world's population.