17-la Pobreza Y El Tercer Mundo Flashcards

1
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A third-world country

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Un país tercermundista

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2
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The developing countries

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Los países en vías de desarrollo

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3
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The underprivileged/ helpless

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Los desvalidos

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4
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The deprived / the have-nots

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Los desposeídos

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5
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Poverty

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La pobreza

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6
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Human problems

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Los problemas humanos

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7
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Economic and health conditions

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Las condiciones económicas y sanitarias

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8
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To become poor / impoverished

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Empobrecerse

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9
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Impoverishment

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El empobrecimiento

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10
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Malnutrition

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La desnutrición

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11
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To be malnourished

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Estar desnutrido/a

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12
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Infant mortality

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La mortalidad infantil

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13
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Rural deprivation

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La miseria rural

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14
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Endemic hunger / starvation

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El hambre endémica

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15
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To die of starvation

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Morir de inanición / hambre

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16
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Marginalisation

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La marginación

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17
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To be marginalised

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Estar marginado/a

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18
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To exploit

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Explotar

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19
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To feel exploited

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Sentirse explotado/a

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20
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The struggle for daily survival

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La lucha por la supervivencia cotidiana

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21
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Apathy

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La apatía

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22
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To be apathetic

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Ser apático/a

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23
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Despair

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La desesperación

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24
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To be in an ever more precarious situation

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Encontrarse en condiciones cada vez más precarias

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25
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Poverty-related diseases

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Las enfermedades relacionadas con la pobreza

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26
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To age quickly

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Envejecer muy pronto

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27
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To suffer an irreversible decline in living conditions

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Sufrir un irreversible deterioro en su forma de vivir

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28
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To be illiterate

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Ser analfabetismo

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29
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Illiteracy

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El analfabetismo

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30
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The abysmal level of education

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El ínfimo nivel de la educación

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31
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To beg

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Mendigar

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32
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Social inequity

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La desigualdad social

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33
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To receive an income below the per capita average

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Obtener unos ingresos inferiores a la media de la renta per cápita

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34
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To live below the poverty line

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Vivir por debajo del umbral de pobreza

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35
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Not to be able to manage until the end of the month

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No llegar al final del mes

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36
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To live in a state of dire need

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Vivir en un estado de extrema necesidad

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37
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To have no means / resources

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No tener recursos

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38
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To depend on charity

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Depender de las limosnas

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39
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To steal in order to obtain food

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Robar para obtener víveres

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40
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To owe the rent

A

Deber el alquiler

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41
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To evict

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Desalojar

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42
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To be homeless

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Estar sin hogar

43
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To live in a hovel

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Vivir en una cuchitril

44
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Shanty towns

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Las barriadas de chabolas

45
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Shack / shanty / slum

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La chabola / el chamizo

46
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The problem of the chabolas

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El chabolismo

47
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To support seven or eight children

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Sustentar a siete u ocho niños

48
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Orphan

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El huérfano / la huérfana

49
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Orphanage

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El orfelinato

50
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To be just a statistic

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Ser carne de estadística

51
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There’s no more hope

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Se acabó la esperanza

52
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Improvements and solutions

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Mejoras y soluciones

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Economic aid

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La ayuda económica

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Charity / charitable organisation

A

La organización caritativa

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To shelter / to house

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Cobijar

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Self-sufficiency in food / ability to feed oneself

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La autosuficiencia alimenticia

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To live off the land

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Vivir de la tierra

58
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To leave the countryside

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Abandonar el campo

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To move to the city

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Desplazarse a la ciudad

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To share (with)

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Compartir (con)

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To have a real social policy towards poverty

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Tener una auténtica policía social hacia la pobreza

62
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The welfare state

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El estado del bienestar

63
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To detect signs of poverty

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Detectar manifestaciones de la pobreza

64
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To sponsor a child

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Apadrinar a un niño

65
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Fair trade

A

El comercio justo

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Economic problems at a national level

A

Los problemas económicos a nivel nacional

67
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Foreign debt

A

La deuda externa

68
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Debtor

A

El deudor

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Creditor

A

El acreedor

70
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Loan

A

El préstamo

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To reduce / cancel third-world debt

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Reducir / suprimir condonar la deuda del tercer mundo

72
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To stem the spiralling growth of third-world debt

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Atajar el crecimiento en espiral de la deuda del tercer mundo

73
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To be overwhelmed by the burden of foreign debt

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Estar agobiado por el peso de la deuda externa

74
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Economic collapse

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El hundimiento económico

75
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Economic growth

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El crecimiento económico

76
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The International Monetary Fund

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El Fondo Monetario Internacional

77
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To misspend money

A

Malgastar el dinero

78
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Corruption

A

La corrupción

79
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Corrupt governments

A

Los gobiernos corrompidos

80
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To bribe

A

Sobornar / cohechar

81
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Bribe / bribery

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El soborno / el cohecho

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To implement stringent plans for economic adjustment

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Establecer severos planes de ajuste económico

83
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An economy austerity plan

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Un plan de austeridad económica

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An anti-inflationary programme

A

Un programa anti-inflacionario

85
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Galloping inflation

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La inflación galopante

86
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Inflation already above 300%

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Una inflación que pasa ya del 300%

87
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To keep chaos at bay

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Mantener el caos a raya

88
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The World Bank

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El Banco Mundial

89
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The world banking system

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El sistema bancario mundial

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Natural wealth / resources

A

Las riquezas naturales

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To benefit from one’s own resources

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Aprovechar sus propios recursos

92
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Desertification of the land

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La desertización de la tierra

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Ecological effects

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Los efectos ecológicos

94
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Over-populated

A

La superpoblación

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Soil exhaustion

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El agotamiento de la tierra

96
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Over-exploitation

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La sobreexplotación

97
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Drought

A

La sequía

98
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To become arid

A

Aridificarse

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Erosion

A

La erosión

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Deforestation

A

La deforestación

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Conservation of forests

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La conservación de los bosques

102
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Forested areas

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Las zonas forestales

103
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Intensive irrigation

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La irrigación intensiva