Deforestation
Deforestation , clearance , or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. [2] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms , ranches , or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests . [3] About 30 percent of Earth's land surface is covered by forests. [4]
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| 2018 |
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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 non-forest use. [2] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms , ranches , or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests . [3] About 30 percent of Earth's land surface is covered by forests. [4] |
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| 2017 |
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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 non-forest use. [2] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests . [3] About 30% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests. [4] |
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| 2016 |
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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 non-forest use. [2] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests . [3] About 30% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests. [4] |
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| 2015 |
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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 non-forest use. [1] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. Tropical rainforests is where the most concentrated deforestation occurs. [2] Almost 30% of the world is covered by forests, excluding water mass. [3] |
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| 2014 |
298033 characters 27 sections 86 paragraphs 27 images 490 internal links 174 external links |
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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 non-forest use. [1] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. |
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| 2013 |
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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 non-forest use. [1] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. |
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| 2012 |
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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 non-forest use. [1] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. |
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| 2011 |
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Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a nonforest use. [1] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. |
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| 2010 |
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Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a nonforest use. [1] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to agriculture or urban use. |
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| 2009 |
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Deforestation is the clearance of naturally occurring forests by the processes of people's logging and/or burning of trees in a forested area. |
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| 2008 |
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1. Causes of anthropogenic deforestation |
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Deforestation is the conversion of (forest)ed areas to non-forested land, for uses such as: pasture , urban use, logging purposes, and can result in arid land and wastelands. In many countries, deforestation is ongoing and is shaping climate and geography. Deforestation results from removal of trees without sufficient reforestation, and results in declines in habitat and biodiversity, wood for fuel and industrial use, and quality of life. Forests disappear naturally as a result of broad climate change, fire, hurricanes or other disturbances, however most deforestation in the past 40,000 years has been anthropogenic . Human induced deforestation may be accidental such as in the case of forests in Europe adversely affected by acid rain . [1] Improperly applied logging, fuelwood collection, fire management or grazing can also lead to unintentional deforestation. [2] However, most anthropogenic deforestation is deliberate. The scale of deforestation can be observed with the satellite viewing program Google Earth . |
| 2007 |
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Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land for use such as arable land , pasture , urban use, logged area, or wasteland. Generally, the removal or destruction of significant areas of forest cover has resulted in a degraded environment with reduced biodiversity . In many countries, massive deforestation is ongoing and is shaping climate and geography |
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| 2006 |
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Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land use such as arable land , urban use, logged area or wasteland. Historically, this meant conversion to grassland or to its artificial counterpart, grainfields; however, the Industrial Revolution added urbanization . Generally this removal or destruction of significant areas of forest cover has resulted in a degraded environment with reduced biodiversity . In developing countries, massive deforestation is ongoing and is shaping climate and geography . |
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| 2005 |
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2. Definition of deforestation |
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Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest. Historically, this meant conversion to grassland or to its artificial counterpart, grainfields; however, the Industrial Revolution added urbanization and technological uses. Generally this removal or destruction of significant areas of forest cover has resulted in a simplified (or degraded) environment with reduced biodiversity . In developing countries, massive deforestation is a leading cause of environmental degradation. The forest is an enormously valuable resource and the loss, or degradation of the forest can cause severe and irreparable damage to wildlife habitat, and to other economic and ecological services the forest provides. Historically deforestation has accompanied mankind's progress since the Neolithic , and has shaped climate and geography. |
| 2004 |
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Deforestation has been practiced by humans for thousands of years chiefly as a result of clearing land for commercial and industrial development, cutting wood for house building and furniture-making, making paper, intensive collection of firewood, road construction , clearing of land for growing crops and to develop pasture for grazing animals. |
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| 2003 |
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Deforestation is the removal of trees, often as a result of human activities. Deforestation has been practiced by humans for thousands of years chiefly as a result of clearing land for commercial and industrial development, intensive collection of firewood, clearing of land for growing crops and to develop pasture for grazing animals. The rate of clearance increased during the second half of the nineteenth century due to agricultural expansion in Europe and there has been massive increases since then. Currently major worries concern the loss of tropical rainforest , one fifth of which was destroyed between 1960 and 1990. 12 million hectares of tropical forest are lost each year, a land approximately the size of England . |
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| 2002 |
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Deforestation is the removal of trees, often as a result of human activities. Deforestation has been practiced by humans for thousands of years chiefly in order to collect firewood, clear land for growing crops and to provide land for animals. The rate of clearance increased during the second half of the ninenteenth century due to agricultural expansion in Europe and there has been massive increases since then. Currently major worries concern the loss of tropical forest , one fifth of which was destroyed between 1960 and 1990. 12 million hectares of tropical forest are lost each year, a land approximately the size of England. |
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| 2001 |
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The human or environmental process that converts forest to open meadows , arable land , savanna , or desert land. |