Before revision: Serious land degradation in Nauru after the depletion of the phosphate cover through mining Land degradation is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment also known as biochemical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land.
After revision: Serious land degradation in Nauru after the depletion of the phosphate cover through mining Land degradation is a process in which the value of the or biophysical ornatural or biochemical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land.