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Deforestation, clearance or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a nonforest use.
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Deforestation and clearance
* Deforestation, the deliberate clearance of woodland or forest for human development
Deforestation and clearing
: Deforestation, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching ; soil erosion ; coastal marine pollution ; fisheries protection ; solid waste management ; air pollution
Deforestation ( only a small portion of the original forest remains because of burning and clearing for settlement )
* Deforestation, the clearing away of trees to make farmland
Image: Fires and Deforestation on the Amazon Frontier, Rondonia, Brazil-September 30, 2007. jpg | One consequence of forest clearing in the Amazon: thick smoke that hangs over the forest.
Deforestation is the clearing of natural forests by logging or burning of trees and plants in a forested area.
Image: Fires and Deforestation on the Amazon Frontier, Rondonia, Brazil-September 30, 2007. jpg | One consequence of forest clearing in the Amazon: thick smoke that hangs over the forest.
Deforestation and is
Deforestation is a devastating process, with more than 8, 100 ha of forest being lost annually.
Deforestation occurs for many reasons: trees are cut down to be used or sold as fuel ( sometimes in the form of charcoal ) or timber, while cleared land is used as pasture for livestock, plantations of commodities, and settlements.
Deforestation is ongoing and is shaping climate and geography.
Deforestation is a contributor to global warming, and is often cited as one of the major causes of the enhanced greenhouse effect.
Deforestation also contributes to decreased evapotranspiration, which lessens atmospheric moisture which in some cases affects precipitation levels downwind from the deforested area, as water is not recycled to downwind forests, but is lost in runoff and returns directly to the oceans.
Deforestation resulting from logging is especially rampant in Olancho Department.
Deforestation is driven by multiple processes.
Deforestation is exceedingly widespread.
Deforestation is a real problem as timber is cut for export.
Deforestation is another major concern on the islands.
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Deforestation is an especially serious and growing problem.
Deforestation is often cited as a cause of global warming.
Deforestation is the foremost threat for both Neofelis species.
Deforestation is thus a potential threat to the species.
Deforestation is one of the leading causes of decline in the species.
Deforestation is reducing the number of these parrots in the wild together with illegal removal of young for the pet trade.
Deforestation and forest
The last batch of sawnwood from the Peat swamp forest | peat forest in Indragiri Hulu, Sumatra, Deforestation in Indonesia | Indonesia.
But recent calculations suggest that carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation and forest degradation ( excluding peatland emissions ) contribute about 12 % of total anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions with a range from 6 to 17 %.< ref > Deforestation causes carbon dioxide to linger in the atmosphere.
Deforestation in the vicinity of the lake has had many negative impacts, including loss of forest birds, extinction of native salmon, and increased amounts of sediment flowing into the lake.
Organizations like the United Nations and the World Bank have started to create programs like Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation ( REDD ) that works especially with developing countries to use subsidies or other incentives to encourage citizens to use the forest in a more sustainable way.
Over four years, CIFOR and its partner organisations are undertaking a major global comparative study on the implementation of pilot REDD + ( Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation ) projects around the world.
Deforestation of the island began during this period and continued until, by the early 20th century, very little natural forest remained.
Deforestation can be avoided either by paying directly for forest preservation, or by using offset funds to provide substitutes for forest-based products.
Deforestation and trees
Deforestation has been particularly severe in Lebanon and on Cyprus ; on Cyprus, only small trees up to tall survive, though Pliny the Elder recorded cedars tall there.
Deforestation and land
* Rainforest Deforestation: The fertile tropical forests turn into infertile desert land.
Deforestation, overgrazed pastures, and, less recently, efforts to increase grain and hay production by plowing up more virgin land have increased soil erosion from wind and rain.
Deforestation ; land degradation ; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes ; siltation of spawning grounds endangers fish populations
Deforestation and use
Deforestation for the use of clay in the Deforestation in Brazil | Brazil ian city of Rio de Janeiro.
Deforestation and .
Deforestation has also been used in war to deprive an enemy of cover for its forces and also vital resources.
Deforestation causes extinction, changes to climatic conditions, desertification, and displacement of populations as observed by current conditions and in the past through the fossil record.
Deforestation for oil palm plantation.
Deforestation may cause carbon stores held in soil to be released.
Deforestation in Borneo | Fires on Borneo and Sumatra, 2006.
Deforestation reduces the content of water in the soil and groundwater as well as atmospheric moisture.
Deforestation reduces soil cohesion, so that erosion, flooding and landslides ensue.
Deforestation generally increases rates of soil erosion, by increasing the amount of runoff and reducing the protection of the soil from tree litter.
Deforestation on a human scale results in decline in biodiversity.
Deforestation of Brazil's Atlantic Forest c. 1820-1825
Deforestation causes increased erosion rates due to exposure of mineral soil by removing the humus and litter layers from the soil surface, removing the vegetative cover that binds soil together, and causing heavy soil compaction from logging equipment.
As deforestation contributes to global warming, Greenpeace has demanded that REDD ( Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation ) should be included in the climate treaty following the Kyoto treaty.
Deforestation and the destruction of peatlands make Indonesia the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
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