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deforestation
[ dee-fawr-uh-stey-shuhn, for- ]
noun
- the clearing or severe thinning of a forest or other wooded area, leaving few or no trees:
Most of the world’s deforestation is happening in Brazil.
deforestation
/ dē-fôr′ĭ-stā′shən /
- The cutting down and removal of all or most of the trees in a forested area. Deforestation can erode soils, contribute to desertification and the pollution of waterways, and decrease biodiversity through the destruction of habitat.
deforestation
- The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else. The term is used today to refer to the destruction of forests by human beings and their replacement by agricultural systems.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deforestation1
Example Sentences
If governments do not take action to control greenhouse gases and deforestation, a vicious cycle will ensue where fires may lead to more fires.
Among other things, it ensures developing countries get paid if they can show that they’ve been preventing deforestation, a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions, and environmental degradation.
The die also controls where habitation destruction — either deforestation or pollution — spreads.
Some people also use words like clearance, clearing or clearcutting for deforestation.
Ranches in the Amazon, for example, get their space from deforestation.
Washington excused its employment on the grounds that U.S. forces used it for purposes of “deforestation” and not against people.
By June, deforestation in the rainforest region had dropped to a 23-year low, and is down 75 percent just since 2004.
Half of the pledged cuts will come from reduced deforestation.
Brazil is the fourth-largest greenhouse-gas emitter in the world, largely due to the deforestation of the Amazon.
My father always seemed to be traveling to some exotic place to raise awareness on deforestation issues and species protection.
I think the deforestation of the country is probably the cause of these terrible visitations.
If all the trees were bread and cheese there would be considerable deforestation in any part of England where I was living.
Perhaps deforestation and subsequent increased aridity might account for the desertion of these once-cultivated lands.
Now our great forests are largely depleted, and scientific deforestation has become an absolute necessity.
Deforestation may result in filling a river-channel and in stopping boats a thousand miles downstream.
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