Assertion (A): Poverty can worsen environmental degradation.
Reason (R): Poor households that depend on land and forests may have to over-use them to survive.

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With few alternatives, people may over-graze, over-fell and over-farm, degrading the very resources they depend on.
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Assertion (A): Poverty can worsen environmental degradation.Reason (R): Poor households that depend on land and forests may have to over-use them to survive.

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Assertion (A): Poverty can worsen environmental degradation.
Reason (R): Poor households that depend on land and forests may have to over-use them to survive.