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• n  a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

• Put a value on forests in the carbon market, and suddenly it makes sense to leave a tree be, rather than clear it for cheap pastureland.
• The FAO estimates that about 20% of the planet's pastureland has been degraded by grazing animals, and increased demand for meat means increased demand for animal feed much of .
• As dawn broke, a thick mist rolled across the pastureland around the Dutch hamlet of De Punt, enveloping the motionless yellow train.

• pasture
• grazing land
• lea
• ley

News & Articles

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• Satellites Show Shrinking Aquifers in Drought-Stricken Areas
  In New Mexico, the Rio Grande is trickling through Albuquerque at only a quarter of its normal flow. The parched range and pastureland in the southwest part of the state are all rated in poor condition by the Department of Agriculture. [More]
  June 17, 2013 - Scientific American

Quotes

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• Timur in BBC News
  Timur says: "The water is rising gradually, the pastureland is shrinking, and every year more people have to leave."