FISH BEING AFFECTED BY SHORELINE EROSION Erosion is the process that moves soil from one location to another by wind, water or other natural action. A natural process, or is it always? Unfortunately, shoreline erosion is too often accelerated by human action. In my original FWA outline I determined to focus on how agriculture contributed to this erosion process. My original statement was “Cattle need to be restricted from the banks of water. Cattle cause …showed first 75 words of 3193 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3193 total…hold the soil in position and prevent it from being washed away; * plants break the impact of a raindrop before it hits the soil, thus reducing its ability to erode; . Causes of soil degradation (% of degrading land)Area Deforestation fuel wood Overgrazing Agriculture Industrialisation Europe Africa North America Central America South America Asia Oceania World 38 14 4 22 41 40 12 30 - 13 - 18 5 6 - 7 23 49 30 15 28 26 80 35 29 24 66 45 26 27 8 28 9 - - - - - - 1 Source: World Resources Institute, 1990. & L R Oldeman et al, Wageningen, Holland, 1990.