Environment #83 · Listening

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Question 1 of 6What is the commentary's argument?

Question 2 of 6Which internal cause of desertification is mentioned?

Question 3 of 6Why does the speaker say the difference "isn't only a matter of words"?

Question 4 of 6What solution follows from seeing the desert as an outside enemy?

Question 5 of 6Why give local communities clear land rights?

Question 6 of 6What role does the speaker give climate change?

Vocabulary

التَّصَحُّرdesertification

تَزْحَفُcreep

الرَّعْيُ الْجَائِرُovergrazing

يُجَرِّدُstrips

الْغِطَاءُ النَّبَاتِيُّplant cover

خُصُوبَةfertility

الْأَحْزِمَةُ الْخَضْرَاءُgreen belts

الْمَرَاعِيpastures

الِانْتِفَاع بِـuse of, benefit from