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Definition of deforestation in English: deforestationnounˌdiːfɒrɪˈsteɪʃ(ə)n mass nounThe action of clearing a wide area of trees. a key aim is to try to halt widespread deforestation in the Amazon deforestation caused by foreign logging companies Example sentencesExamples - However, due to centuries of deforestation, very few cedars are left.
- They have established a tree nursery where they cultivate and then plant hundreds of saplings a year to reverse deforestation.
- Severe deforestation linked to both tropical storms and the human impact of habitat destruction had reduced the bat population to 70 by 1975.
- Thirty years of ruthless deforestation has reduced the cypress forest area by about half.
- The conifer habitat where they breed has suffered extensive deforestation in Washington during the past sixty years.
- Deforestation was believed to be a to threat to water supplies because it dried up springs and reduced rainfall.
- My country has developed a sustainable farming system which can curb soil erosion and minimize deforestation.
- Cooking with wood is also a cause of deforestation in many countries.
- In other words, simply by stopping deforestation we would make a major contribution to slowing global warming.
- More importantly, the rate of deforestation appears to be accelerating.
Definition of deforestation in US English: deforestationnoun The action of clearing a wide area of trees. a key aim is to try to halt widespread deforestation in the Amazon deforestation caused by foreign logging companies Example sentencesExamples - In other words, simply by stopping deforestation we would make a major contribution to slowing global warming.
- Deforestation was believed to be a to threat to water supplies because it dried up springs and reduced rainfall.
- Cooking with wood is also a cause of deforestation in many countries.
- Thirty years of ruthless deforestation has reduced the cypress forest area by about half.
- They have established a tree nursery where they cultivate and then plant hundreds of saplings a year to reverse deforestation.
- Severe deforestation linked to both tropical storms and the human impact of habitat destruction had reduced the bat population to 70 by 1975.
- However, due to centuries of deforestation, very few cedars are left.
- More importantly, the rate of deforestation appears to be accelerating.
- The conifer habitat where they breed has suffered extensive deforestation in Washington during the past sixty years.
- My country has developed a sustainable farming system which can curb soil erosion and minimize deforestation.
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