resource degradation

基本解释

We need to take urgent action to combat pests, drought, and natural resource degradation.
我们需要采取紧急行动，与病虫害、干旱以及延期资源退化作斗争。
Moreover, petroleum resource degradation in Liaoning had been greatly driven by economic development, whereas technological advancement had mitigated crude oil consumption to some extent.
科学技术进步对石油资源消耗有一定程度上的减缓作用，而人口的平稳增长对石油资源退化没有明显的影响；
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During the land usage, a series of problems occur time to time, such as irrational land use structure, low degree of intensive usage, land resource degradation, serious loss of arable land.
在土地利用中，用地结构不合理、集约利用程度低、土地资源退化、耕地流失严重等一系列问题时有发生。

The financial crisis has become a socio-economic crisis impacting the young by increasing the burden of debt, creating a lack of job opportunities, causing resource degradation and decreasing the overall quality of life.
FORBES: Global Youth Unemployment: 2013 WEF
Mountain regions, particularly in tropical regions where they are prime human habitat, are increasingly threatened by climate change, demographic pressure, and economic development that in many cases lead to resource depletion and degradation, hindering the provision of critical goods and services to both mountain inhabitants and lowland communities.
UNESCO: OFFICE IN BRASILIA
BP, as Carol said, is liable for the environmental degradation through natural resource damage assessments.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing on BP Oil Spill