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07:57 Sep 7, 2009
English to Latvian translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology
Additional field(s): Livestock / Animal Husbandry
English term or phrase: overgrazing
Definition from Biodiversity & human health:
Destruction of vegetation when too many grazing animals feed too long and exceed the carrying capacity of a rangeland area.

Example sentence(s):
  • Overgrazing by domestic animals like sheep, goats, cows, mules, horses and yaks has been responsible for large scale degradation of the vegetative cover in many parts of the Himalayas. Himalayas
  • What constitutes overgrazing is failure to move or rotate animals in harmony with forage growth. Proper grazing management is a matter of moving animals before they have the opportunity to regraze lush regrowth. Beef magazine
  • Overgrazing by large herbivores such as red deer and sheep has been the primary cause of the lack of tree regeneration in the Caledonian Forest in the past 150-200 years. Trees for life
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Summary of translations provided
4pārganīšana
Aivars Zarins
3pārmērīga ganīšana
Biruta MARKO


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1 day 23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pārmērīga ganīšana


Definition from own experience or research:
Pašlaik tuksnesis palielinās, vietumis par vairāk nekā 320 km 20 gadu laikā, un viens no galvenajiem iemesliem tam ir pārmērīga aitu, kazu, kamieļu un govju ganīšana.

Example sentence(s):
  • Apmēram 1200 gadus pirms Kristus šīs teritorijas pārvērtās īstā tuksnesī. Iemēsls bija pārmērīga ganīšana un klimatiskās pārmaiņas. - SAHĀRAS TUKSNESIS UN TĀ DZĪVNIEKI  
Biruta MARKO
Local time: 17:31
Native speaker of: Native in LatvianLatvian
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3 days 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pārganīšana


Definition from own experience or research:
Pārmērīgi liela ganību platības noslogošana.

Example sentence(s):
  • Ganībām un lopbarības audzēšanai vajadzīgas lielas zemes platības un pārganīšana veicina augsnes eroziju. - TVNET  

Explanation:
Šis šķiet tomēr pietiekami precīzs un īss.
Aivars Zarins
Latvia
Local time: 19:31
Native speaker of: Latvian
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