What dose deforestation mean?

Answer 1

Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land use such as arable land, pasture, urban use, logged area or wasteland. Generally the removal or destruction of significant areas of forest cover has resulted in a degraded environment with reduced biodiversity. In many countries, massive deforestation is ongoing and is shaping climate and geography.

Answer 2

Deforestation is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. The term does not include the removal of industrial forests such as plantations of gums or pines. Deforestation has resulted in the reduction of indigenous forests to four-fifths of their pre-agricultural area. Indigenous forests now cover 21% of the earth's land surface.

Answer 3

Hi, The meaning of deforestation is the removal of a forest to the extent that it allows for the building of residental houses or Industrial use. x

Answer 4

The clearing of trees by humans means to create land for cattle or farming. One example of this is down in the South American rainforests. This is when the forest is destroyed and not replaced with other trees after the land is used.

Answer 5

Sibling Mean Younger Or Older Brother Or Sister

Answer 6

Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land use such as arable land, pasture, urban use, logged area or wasteland. Generally the removal or destruction of significant areas of forest cover has resulted in a degraded environment with reduced biodiversity. In many countries, massive deforestation is ongoing and is shaping climate and geography.


Jungle burned for agriculture in southern Mexico.

Deforestation in the United States.
Source of 1620, 1850, and 1920 maps: William B. Greeley, The Relation of Geography to Timber Supply, Economic Geography, 1925, vol. 1, p. 1-11.Source of TODAY map: compiled by George Draffan from roadless area map in The Big Outside: A Descriptive Inventory of the Big Wilderness Areas of the United States, by Dave Foreman and Howie Wolke (Harmony Books, 1992)

Orbital photograph of human deforestation in progress in the Tierras Bajas project in eastern Bolivia. Photograph courtesy NASA.

Deforestation for agriculture in Benambra, Australia
Deforestation results from removal of trees without sufficient reforestation and usually results in a significant loss of biodiversity. There are many causes, ranging from slow forest degradation to sudden and catastrophic wildfires. Deforestation can be the result of the deliberate removal of forest cover for agriculture or urban development, or it can be a consequence of grazing animals, wild or domesticated. The combined effect of livestock herding and fires can be a major cause of deforestation in dry areas. In addition to the direct effects brought about by forest removal, indirect effects caused by edge effects and habitat fragmentation can greatly magnify the effects of deforestation.

While tropical rainforest deforestation has attracted most attention, tropical dry forests are being lost at a substantially higher rate, primarily as an outcome of slash-and-burn techniques used by shifting cultivators. Generally loss of biodiversity is highly correlated with

Answer 7

It means cutting down all tress in forests which causes the loss of species in thier own habitats. Devasting beautiful rain forests just so people can make money out of the wood

Answer 8

It means to cut down or take away the forest or trees...


look in the dictionary for a solid result

Answer 9

The removal of forests. A bit like depilation is the removal of body hair!

Answer 10

when humans clear an area of land of all it's vegetation for other purposes (building, farming, etc).
eg, in the rain forests at the mo.
it's not a good thing, and should be avoided.