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Noun Concept
Categories: Environmental issues with population, Forest pathology, All articles with self-published sources, Environmental issues with forests, All articles needing additional references
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deforestation  disforestation  land clearing  Brush clearing  Causes of deforestation
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The removal of trees WordNet 3.0
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The removal of trees WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Wikipedia
Removal of forest and conversion of the land to non-forest use Wikidata
The removal of forest and undergrowth to increase the surface of arable land or to use the timber for construction or industrial purposes. OmegaWiki
Removal of trees, undergrowth, etc. in preparation for ploughing, building, etc. OmegaWiki
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system. Wiktionary
Process of destroying a forest. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
denudation
resource depletion
environmental issues
process
human impact on the environment
PART OF
Doughnut
HAS KIND
deforestation in Borneo
HAS INSTANCE
deforestation in Haiti
Mega Rice Project
deforestation in Indonesia
deforestation in Borneo
DERIVATION
deforest
FOLLOWED BY
tillage
HAS EFFECT
climate change
extinction
desertification
soil erosion
wildfire
+1 relations
OPPOSITE OF
reforestation
STUDIED BY
ecology
WRITING SYSTEM
roman
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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deforestation, disforestation
Wikipedia
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deforestation
Wikidata
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deforestation
Wiktionary
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deforestation
OmegaWiki
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deforestation, disforestation, land clearing
Wikipedia Redirections
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Brush clearing, Causes of deforestation, chain clearing, Clearing brush, Clearing forested land, Deforest, Deforestation., Deforestation and disease, Deforestation and the economy, deforested, deforestion, destruction of forests, Disease and deforestation, Disease transmission and deforestation, Economic effects of deforestation, Economic impact of deforestation, Effects of deforestation on biodiversity, Environmental impact of deforestation, forest clearance, forest clearing, Forest removal, land clearing, Malaria and deforestation, Retree, Sponge theory, tropical deforestation
Wikidata Alias
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clearance

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