Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 52 ecological degradation 48 environmental degradation 46 prolonged droughts 46 worsening droughts 45 Soil erosion 44 periodic droughts 43 urbanization 43 Impacts 43 Urbanization 43 salination 43 severe droughts 43 overfishing pollution 42 floods droughts 42 Droughts 41 rapid urbanization 41 thawing permafrost 41 Rapid urbanization 40 overexploitation 40 landlessness 40 frequent droughts 39 Unsustainable 39 floods cyclones 39 VASCO prime 39 overgrazing 39 habitat fragmentation 39 habitat degradation 39 EarthTalk 39 burning fossil fuels 39 ecocide 39 scarcities 38 potent greenhouse gas 38 viagra dosage 38 land confiscations 38 overhunting 38 rampant deforestation 38 Worsens 38 AP IMPACT Mismanagement 38 Worsen 38 vector borne 38 Burning fossil fuels 37 exacerbating 37 Melting glaciers 37 climate change 37 exacerbated 37 arid regions 37 droughts 37 Radiation leaks 37 deforestation 37 Environment Programme 37 drylands 37 continues unabated 37 Unabated 36 desertification 36 monocultures 36 agro pastoral 36 droughts floods 36 hydrologic cycle 36 Indiscriminate shelling 36 prolonged drought 36 aggravated 36 IWMI 36 anthropogenic 36 unsustainable 36 deforesting 36 Fatih Birol chief 35 soil salinity 35 paints grim 35 intensively farmed 35 erratic monsoon 35 severely impacted 35 rapid industrialization 35 livestock rearing 35 starvation 35 Combat Desertification 35 worsened 35 Severe drought 35 Warming temperatures 35 extrajudicial killings torture 35 Night Scattered showers 35 gully erosion 35 Illegal logging 35 agrofuels 35 transboundary 35 holocaust Racism hallmark 34 species extinctions 34 Indiscriminate 34 triggering flash floods 34 uncontrolled 34 Left unchecked 34 endemic 34 Teenager dies 34 overpopulating 34 prompts evacuations 34 scanty rainfall 34 impoverishment 34 Lawsuit accuses 34 Endemic 34 greenhouse gases endanger 34 wrecking havoc 34 subsistence agriculture 34 Deforestation