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deforestation
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deforestation

Process of clearing forests. Rates of deforestation are particularly high in the tropics, where the poor quality of the soil has led to the practice of routine clear-cutting to make new soil available for agricultural use. Deforestation can lead to erosion, drought, loss of biodiversity through extinction of plant and animal species, and increased atmospheric carbon dioxide. Many nations have undertaken afforestation or reforestation projects to reverse the effects of deforestation, or to increase available timber. See also greenhouse effect.

(programming)deforestation - A technique invented by Phil Wadler for eliminating intermediate data structures built and passed between composed functions in function languages.
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Environmental groups are pushing for the use of market mechanisms to address one of the world's largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions: deforestation.
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OPINION: IPCC REPORT by Sampson, Neil / American Forests
In Chapter 5 the development of the argument moves to the postwar era and the underlying reasons for deforestation.
Deforestation in the Postwar Philippines by Urich, Peter B. / Journal of Contemporary Asia
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