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Deforestation in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, 2009. Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. [1] Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use.
Deforestation in the Maranhão state, Brazil, in July 2016. The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km 2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's largest rainforest.It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests.
According to Rainforest Rescue, an important reason for the increasing deforestation rate, especially in Indonesia, is the expansion of oil palm plantations to meet growing demand for cheap vegetable fats and biofuels.
Forest in the Scottish Highlands. Although the word forest is commonly used, there is no universally recognised precise definition, with more than 800 definitions of forest used around the world. [5]
The mean annual deforestation rate from 2000 to 2005 (22,392 km 2 or 8,646 sq mi per year) was 18% higher than in the previous five years (19,018 km 2 or 7,343 sq mi per year). [78] Although deforestation declined significantly in the Brazilian Amazon between 2004 and 2014, there has been an increase to the present day. [79]
The prior forest destruction might have happened through deforestation, clearcutting or wildfires. Three important purposes of reforestation programs are for harvesting of wood , for climate change mitigation , and for ecosystem and habitat restoration purposes.
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. In the past 12 months, the Amazon ...
Deforestation has to some degree been slowed down by implementing stricter land use regulations and creating protected areas. [6] Greenhouse gas emissions, which are largely due to the alarming rates of rainforest destruction, are one of the largest contributors to climate change in the Amazon region.