61.   Overlogging, overgrazing, agricultural practices such as slash-and-burn farming, soil erosion and siltation of rivers and canals diminish watersheds, the bank says.

62.   Plantation crops are affected by pollution and soil erosion, low water availability and quality, and soil chemical imbalance.

63.   A delay in federal funding is keeping farmers from participating in a program designed to block pesticides from seeping into waterways and prevent soil erosion.

64.   Apart from soil erosion, water seeping into homes and stagnant water on their property, residents have also been forced to put up with noise and dust pollution.

65.   Apart from loss of species, forests are crucial to prevent soil erosion, water shortage, landslides and desertification and to help reduce global warming.

66.   Apart from soil erosion, water seeping into the homes and stagnant water on their properties, residents have been forced to put up with noise and dust pollution.

67.   At issue is clear-cutting that has reduced forest cover in the Yangtze basin by half in four decades, causing an upsurge in soil erosion.

68.   Betel palms have begun carpeting hillsides usually used for growing rice and vegetables and are causing serious soil erosion, farming officials say.

69.   But environmentalists fear the monsoons will bring a host of new problems, including acid rain, soil erosion and flooding.

70.   China responded by building the jetty to shore up its river bank, protect farmland and prevent soil erosion.