Environmental degradation
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"The phrase "dark Satanic Mills", which entered the English language from the poem "And did those feet in ancient time" (1804), is often interpreted as referring to the early Industrial Revolution and its destruction of nature and human relationships."--Sholem Stein |
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Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife. It is defined as any change or disturbance to the environment perceived to be deleterious or undesirable.
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See also
- Environmental issue
- Ecological collapse
- Ecologically sustainable development
- Exploitation of natural resources
- High Level Threat Panel of the United Nations
- Ten Threats identified by the United Nations
- United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
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