0 a situation in which there are too many cows or other animals eating grass in an area, which damages the environment: --
Where overgrazing is proven, our aim is to encourage farmers to change management practices voluntarily or reduce stocking levels to prevent further damage.
The colonial administration perceived overgrazing as a critical ecological threat, and devised various schemes such as the marketing programme to control herd size, roughly 600,000 head.
Mayer to substitute cash for livestock in order to avoid overcrowding and overgrazing of the reserve areas.
Consolidation in the processing sector may therefore lead to more efficient recycling of solid processing wastes, with indirect benefits on land quality in areas vulnerable to overgrazing.
Livestock demand for forage exceeds the carrying capacity by some 20 per cent, and overgrazing and competition for food forces the wildlife population down.
For grasslands, such as the one at the study site, a few years of rest following cultivation or overgrazing may be enough for grass phytomass to recover.
Rough grazing and heath were found on similar soils to those bearing trees, which added weight to the overgrazing hypothesis.
Overgrazing can, for example, lead to desertification; and overexploitation, to the collapse of fisheries and other resource systems.
