IELTS Writing Task 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The pie chart below shows the main reasons why agricultural land becomes less productive. The table shows how these causes affected three regions of the world during the 1990s. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words Region % land degraded by … deforestation over-cultivation over-grazing Total land degraded North America 0.2 3.3 1.5 5% Europe 9.8 7.7 5.5 23% Oceania * 1.7 0 11.3 13% * A large group of islands in the South Pacific including Australia & New Zealand Writing sample Answer IELTS Task 1 The four sectors of the pie chart depict the primary sources which contribute to the degradation of land throughout the world, and the table provides data regarding the contributing cause and percentage of such degraded land in three distinct geographic areas: North America, Eu