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deforestation |
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deforestation Noun the cutting down or destruction of forests
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Home to 3,500 species of plants, 650 species of birds, and hundreds of species of mammals, nearly 10,000 acres of environmentally important wetland in South America have been saved from further deforestation by a British charity. Smaller countries like Vietnam and Turkey are reversing the deforestation trend, as are much larger countries like China and India. The clearing of jungle to create cropland is a major and previously underappreciated force behind deforestation of the Amazon region of Brazil, according to an analysis of satellite images. |
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