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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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Home to 3,500 species of plants, 650 species of birds, and hundreds of species of mammals, nearly 10,000 acres of environmentally important wetland in South America have been saved from further deforestation by a British charity. Smaller countries like Vietnam and Turkey are reversing the deforestation trend, as are much larger countries like China and India. The clearing of jungle to create cropland is a major and previously underappreciated force behind deforestation of the Amazon region of Brazil, according to an analysis of satellite images. |
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