AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES|agricultural activity|livestock farming · AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES|cultivation of agricultural land|land use · ENVIRONMENT|deterioration of the environment|degradation of the environment
- ró-innilt Tagairt Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- excessive grazing | overgrazing
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- Sainmhíniú practice of grazing too many animals for too long a period on land unable to recover its vegetation, or of grazing animals on land not suitable for grazing as a result of certain physical parameters such as its slope Tagairt COM-EN, based on:Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Excessive Grazing and Browsing. http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/lead/toolbox/Grazing/overgraz.htm [12.8.2010]
- Nóta Overgrazing may result in: -Reduced ground cover. - Increased or accelerated erosion: by wind, runoff, and dune mobilisation as a result of reduced ground cover. - Loss of vegetation as a result of selective grazing or browsing. This may result in a loss of palatable forage species and an increase in less palatable and less nutritious forage species. - Increasing species rarity as a result of excessive grazing or browsing. - Bush encroachment - Weed invasion, or an increase in undesirable (including exotic) plant species.Note ref.: Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Excessive Grazing and Browsing. http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/lead/toolbox/Grazing/overgraz.htm [12.8.2010]