deforestation
IPA: dɪfɔrɪstˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
- (computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.
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Examples of "deforestation" in Sentences
- And deforestation is really bad in most places on the planet.
- Actually, deforestation is when people clear land permanently -- for farming, development, grazing, etc.
- All things considered, the most significant current driver of deforestation is the expansion of beef industry.
- Mexico has moved into first place worldwide in deforestation - 2.5 million acres of forest are lost every year.
- In Cojimíes, for example, deforestation is evident and critical and its specific effects are closely related to shrimping activities.
- Expansion of cattle ranches, coca (Erythroxylum coca) plantations, and colonization along rivers results in deforestation and habitat degradation, driving the fauna away.
- The conclusion drawn is that the ecological damage from long term deforestation and resulting habitat fragmentation has been disproportionately related to the actual economic taking of forest.
- Furthermore, the influx of people could lead to uncontrolled forestry, mining, agricultureand huntingresulting in deforestation, soil erosion, disruption of the fragile ecological equilibriumand dislocation of traditional indigenous practices.
- According to the results of a one-time questionnaire-based statistical survey published by the University of Illinois, with 3146 individuals completing the survey, 97% of the actively publishing climate scientists (as opposed to the scientists who are not publishing actively) agree that human activity, such as flue gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, is a significant contributing factor to global climate change [1].
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