Deforestation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deforestation is the clearance of naturally occurring forests by the processes of humans' logging and/or burning of trees and plants in a forested area.
Deforestation in Ethiopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deforestation in Ethiopia is due to locals clearing forests for their personal needs, such as for fuel, hunting, agriculture, housing development, and at times for religious ...
Deforestation
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 ...
Causes of Deforestation
Argentine forestry sector in the spotlight at the World Forestry Congress; Ecuador: Statement by the indigenous peoples against forest/REDD CO2lonialism
Deforestation causes global warming
4 September 2006, Rome – Most people assume that global warming is caused by burning oil and gas. But in fact between 25 and 30 percent of the greenhouse gases released into the ...
Deforestation in Amazonia - Encyclopedia of Earth
Tropical forests in Amazonia are being cleared rapidly, representing an important contribution to land-use and land-cover change . While some processes are common to forests ...
deforestation -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on deforestation, the clearing or thinning of forests, the cause of which is normally implied to be human activity. As such, deforestation ...
World deforestation rates and forest cover statistics, 2000-2005
Cambodia has the world's highest deforestation rate, Brazil loses the largest area of forest annually, and Congo consumes more bushmeat than any other tropical country. These are ...
Environmental Issues in the 21st century Deforestation
Deforestation is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. The term does not include the removal of industrial forests such as plantations.
deforestation - definition of deforestation by the Free Online ...
de·for·est (d-fôr st, -f r-) tr.v. de·for·est·ed, de·for·est·ing, de·for·ests. To cut down and clear away the trees or forests from. de·for es·ta tion (--st sh n) n.
