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Australia
- In Australia: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
Overgrazing has caused some deterioration of the saltbush, stunted trees, and native grasslands of the interior, but in the tropics the productivity of the original pastures has been increased by introducing improved strains of grasses and heat- and tick-resistant cattle. Far too little has been…
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steppes
- In steppe
…to pressing issues such as overgrazing and the conversion of wild areas to agricultural land. Conservation efforts have saved the American bison from extinction, though many other species, such as the South American bromeliad Puya raimondii, the Eurasian saiga antelope, and the onager of Iran and Turkmenistan, remain endangered.
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