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deforestationProcess 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. deforestation [dē‚fär·ə′stā·shən] (forestry) The act or process of removing trees from or clearing aforest.
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Concern over tropical deforestation and the desire to effect change created an international non-profit organization known as the Forest Stewardship Council ( The perspicacious reader should note the similarity of the issues raised to those that have been identified with respect to many of the other global problems such as tropical deforestation and climate change. They blame environmental problems like air and water pollution, depleted fisheries, and tropical deforestation on conventional economics, which they say cannot take the value of these and other natural resources into proper account. |
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