Three other causes of land degradation have already been mentioned.

Here, land degradation due to natural and cultural factors is widespread.

Land degradation has remained the biggest single environmental problem in Australia.

It has been used as a selling point when what we really mean is land degradation.

Land degradation is a global problem, largely related to agricultural use.

Land degradation is one of the leading environmental problems resulting from a mostly agricultural nation.

There are four main ways of looking at land degradation and its impact on the environment around it:

This results in land degradation, deforestation and the exploitation of water resources.

Water shortages and land degradation continued to be problems.

As of April 2003, the island is undergoing land degradation restorative work.