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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Sample Ielts Academic Writing Task 1 - Piechart and Table

The pie chart and the table depict the causes of land degradation of agricultural land in 1990s, and three different regions affected by these causes. Summarize the information by quoting important facts and making comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words
Ielts Academics Writing Task 1 

The given pie chart and table illustrate the reasons for the deterioration of arable land, and three regions, namely North America, Europe and Oceania, affected by the quoted reasons.

Overuse of land for grazing was a major cause of deterioration in quality of arable land, amounting to 35% of total land lost. Oceania and Europe were worst affected regions by this activity, with Oceania losing over 90% land out of 13% total land lost and Europe losing more than 1/4th of total land lost (23%).

Clearing of forests was next major reason for the loss of agricultural land (30%). Europe was badly affected, losing almost 1/3rd (7.7%) of total land lost. North America also, was affected, it lost majority of land owing to agriculture.  

Deforestation was followed by use of land for cultivation. Agriculture resulted in a loss of 28% of the land. This factor affected Europe the most.


Other miscellaneous reasons accounted for a loss of 7% of total cultivable land.