Environmental pollution and ecological degradation has resulted in economic losses for China.

Many smaller tribal groups are quite sensitive to ecological degradation caused by modernisation.

Contemporary reports have noted the contribution of sandstone quarrying to ecological degradation.

The production of fish steadily declined during the 1980s due to over fishing and ecological degradation, but started increasing by the mid-1990s.

The goal is reversing a legacy of ecological degradation so that the environment becomes livable for humans.

The social spill over effect of this ecological degradation was demonstrated by the ethnic conflict of 1997-98.

The Principles of Leave No Trace concern social and environmental impacts which have led to ecological degradation.

Along with the prosperity for its people has come ecological degradation.

The phrase "ecological degradation" hadn't yet been coined.

They blame ecological degradation on the inclination to short-term, profit-inspired decisions inherent within a market system.