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... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > poverty > effects of poverty > environmental degradation
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environmental degradation  

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  • Environmental degradation is as old as human civilization. From primitive hunter-gatherers and ancient Sumerian cities to Beringia migrations and the rise of Western industrialization, human endeavors placed intense pressures on landscapes, ecosystems, and plant/animal species. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Environmental Degradation]

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