They are worried, and rightly so, that suspending NEPA could lead to widespread environmental degradation for no other purpose than to enrich the timber companies.

Gathering seed from wild plant populations is also a means of preserving genetic diversity in the face of widespread environmental degradation.

Apart from damage caused by trampling and erosion, more widespread and long-lasting degradation can occur as a result of recreation activities.

Severe and widespread environmental degradation taking place in TA Mphuka and surrounding areas.

Early settlement days saw the introduction of horses, cattle and domestic pets, which has seen widespread degradation of natural vegetation which suppresses re-growth and fauna being killed.

The effects of logging include widespread environmental degradation, permanent loss of the country's most valuable economic resource, and social upheaval.

Scientists here say they have found widespread degradation of the health of thousands of people living in areas contaminated by fallout from the fire five years ago at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

A number of political references contrast the more enlightened environmental policies of the current government with those under Chairman Mao Zedong, which led to widespread degradation.

There has been especially widespread degradation in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian waters.

A recent study conducted in Brazil by the Irish Farmers' Association revealed totally inadequate foot and mouth disease controls, nonexistent traceability, widespread environmental degradation and social exploitation.