deforestation
毁林,砍伐森林,毁坏森林,伐木
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- : the clearing or severe thinning of a forest or other wooded area, leaving few or no trees: Most of the world’s deforestation is happening in Brazil.
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If governments do not take action to control greenhouse gases and deforestation, a vicious cycle will ensue where fires may lead to more fires.
Among other things, it ensures developing countries get paid if they can show that they’ve been preventing deforestation, a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions, and environmental degradation.
The die also controls where habitation destruction — either deforestation or pollution — spreads.
Ranches in the Amazon, for example, get their space from deforestation.
Some people also use words like clearance, clearing or clearcutting for deforestation.
Washington excused its employment on the grounds that U.S. forces used it for purposes of “deforestation” and not against people.
By June, deforestation in the rainforest region had dropped to a 23-year low, and is down 75 percent just since 2004.
Half of the pledged cuts will come from reduced deforestation.
Brazil is the fourth-largest greenhouse-gas emitter in the world, largely due to the deforestation of the Amazon.
My father always seemed to be traveling to some exotic place to raise awareness on deforestation issues and species protection.
I think the deforestation of the country is probably the cause of these terrible visitations.