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overgrazing

Finnish translation: ylilaiduntaminen

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English term or phrase:overgrazing
Finnish translation:ylilaiduntaminen

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14:54 Apr 28, 2009
English to Finnish translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology
Additional field(s): Livestock / Animal Husbandry
English term or phrase: overgrazing
Definition from Biodiversity & human health:
Destruction of vegetation when too many grazing animals feed too long and exceed the carrying capacity of a rangeland area.

Example sentence(s):
  • Overgrazing by domestic animals like sheep, goats, cows, mules, horses and yaks has been responsible for large scale degradation of the vegetative cover in many parts of the Himalayas. Himalayas
  • What constitutes overgrazing is failure to move or rotate animals in harmony with forage growth. Proper grazing management is a matter of moving animals before they have the opportunity to regraze lush regrowth. Beef magazine
  • Overgrazing by large herbivores such as red deer and sheep has been the primary cause of the lack of tree regeneration in the Caledonian Forest in the past 150-200 years. Trees for life
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ylilaiduntaminen
Definition:
Liian suuren kotieläinkannan laiduntaminen köyhdyttää maaperää ja johtaa ekologisesti herkkien alueiden eroosioon ja lopulta aavikoitumiseen.
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Birgitta Huippula
Germany
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ylilaiduntaminen


Definition from own experience or research:
Liian suuren kotieläinkannan laiduntaminen köyhdyttää maaperää ja johtaa ekologisesti herkkien alueiden eroosioon ja lopulta aavikoitumiseen.

Example sentence(s):
  • Kuivilla ja puolikuivilla alueilla elää lähes kaksi miljardia ihmistä, joiden toiminta - erityisesti maatalous ja ylilaiduntaminen - uhkaavat monella tavalla alueiden luontoa. - Ympäristöministeriö  
Birgitta Huippula
Germany
Local time: 01:40
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 4

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Yes  Jussi Rosti
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Yes  Desmond O'Rourke
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