deforestation
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4.3
- noun
- /ˌdiːfɔːrɪˈsteɪʃən/
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deforestación
- And with that has come great deforestation, destruction, loss of biodiversity.
- tropical deforestation
- Deforestation rates
- deforestation and erosion
And with that has come great deforestation, destruction, loss of biodiversity.
- And with that has come great deforestation, destruction, loss of biodiversity.
- Most of the emissions come from deforestation or land use and emissions on the farm.
- All the planes, trucks, cars, ships put together are roughly equivalent to what we're releasing from deforestation globally.
- But what it fails to really tackle is that crazing is also the major driver of deforestation and topsoil loss globally.
- And when you talk about deforestation, we're deforesting to clear land for grazing and raising crops for animal feed.
- It's had huge effects on biodiversity loss and deforestation.
- Reforestation is geoengineering, just as deforestation was geoengineering.
- We need more, more progress from from China and from and from everybody here at this, at this gathering on deforestation.
Examples
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Tragically, Brazil made a huge amount of progress on reducing deforestation over the last decade.
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Scientists estimate that 4,000 to 6,000 species go extinct every year due to deforestation alone.
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In 2013, deforestation came up 28% above the previous year.
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In the communities' opinion, huge deforestation starts one or two kilometers inside the forest.
Academic text (2013) -
With regard to deforestation, has corruption been a major problem?
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The empirical data show that, as credits have contracted, deforestation has increased.
Academic text (1993) -
One of the first areas to suffer deforestation was the hills of Lebanon and Syria.
Academic text (1990) -
Maybe a hundred species a day are vanishing, Newsweek recently estimated, from deforestation alone.
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Soybean farms are a major driver of deforestation, while oat and almond farms aren't.
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Deforestation occurs when trees are cut down at a rapid pace, leading to loss of habitat.
Synonyms
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5.2
Cutting down all the trees in an area at once
Cutting down many trees in a forest, usually by people
Antonyms
How Deforested
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deforestation breaks into de- ('remove') and forest ('large area of trees'), so the word literally means taking trees away. That's why deforestation is the process of clearing forests, which often harms the soil, plants, and animals.