DEFORESTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deforestation mean? 

• DEFORESTATION (noun)
  The noun DEFORESTATION has 2 senses:

1. the state of being clear of trees

2. the removal of trees

  Familiarity information: DEFORESTATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEFORESTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being clear of trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("deforestation" is a kind of...):

environmental condition (the state of the environment)

Derivation:

deforest (remove the trees from)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The removal of trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deforestation; disforestation

Hypernyms ("deforestation" is a kind of...):

baring; denudation; husking; stripping; uncovering (the removal of covering)

Derivation:

deforest (remove the trees from)

 Context examples 

In absolute terms, the largest deforestation was seen in Pará (3,025 km²), followed by Mato Grosso (1,508 km²) and Rondônia (1,394 km²).

(Amazon lost 7,989 km² of forest in 12 months, Agência Brasil)

According to SOS Mata Atlântica Executive Director Marcia Hirota, the forest, which has spread across 17 states for ten years, had not seen such high levels of deforestation.

(Brazilian Atlantic Forest deforestation up nearly 60% in a year, Agência Brasil)

The researchers said it isn't clear how long Earth's land areas will be able to keep increasing carbon uptake in the face of ongoing deforestation and continued emissions of fossil fuels.

(World's forests increasingly taking up more carbon, National Science Foundation)

The study by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) examined deforestation in more than 50 countries in the tropics between 2000—2012, and identified regions where deforestation is most and least beneficial.

(Most countries lose out with forest-to-farm conversions, SciDev.Net)

Even deforestation can affect downwind weather by leaving regions drier than before.

(How trees affect the weather, National Science Foundation)

According to the entity, in the last 30 years, deforestation dropped 83% in the forest, with seven of the 17 states where there is Atlantic Forest already reaching zero deforestation.

(Brazil: Atlantic Forest regeneration in nine states, Agência Brasil)

He noted that global pollution, biodiversity loss, deforestation and land use change, and other human activities are likely to produce unexpected problems as well.

(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)

Deforestation cuts back on tree shadow on rivers, increases the number of river algae, which compete with fish for oxygen, and curtails the availability of food that comes from trees.

(Amazon fish ‘face new threats’, SciDev.Net)

Nearly three billion people around the world are exposed to contaminants from biomass burning as a result of farming practices, deforestation, and burning wood or charcoal for fuel.

(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)

Illegal occupation of land, deforestation, and monitoring efforts were some of the problems detected during the three years of research by the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation (FUNDAJ) in 14 of the country's Federal Conservation Units of Total Protection, located in the caatinga—a biome often referred to as the Brazilian savanna.

(Brazilian savanna unprotected, study finds, Agência Brasil)