Poverty is the state of being poor.
Poverty is characterized by the following features.
- Low income.
- Poor standard of living.
- Short life expectancy
- Poor infrastructure.
- Unemployment.
- Environmental
degradation.
- Diseases
The impacts of poverty in the
environment are
- Soil erosion due to poor
farming methods and overgrazing.
- Desertification due to
cutting down of trees to obtain firewood and charcoal for domestic use
because people can not afford the use of fuel and electricity.
- Loss of biodiversity due
to clearance of forest and bush firing.
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