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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
deforest . - adjective Of or pertaining to
deforestation .
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Examples
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Along the rivers that delimit the region, both intensive activities, such as mining and agriculture, and extensive activities, such as logging, agriculture, hunting, and fishing, have resulted in deforested or degraded habitat and resultant population reductions in plants and animals.
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I knew from guide-books that there were thousands of acres of woodland still, though much had been "deforested"; but I didn't know it hid many beautiful villages, and even towns.
Set in Silver 1901
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Over 98 percent of the country has been deforested by logging and improper environmental management.
Ethan Budiansky: The Roots of Cholera in Haiti: A Lack of Trees Ethan Budiansky 2010
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Reduce deforestation emissions by key corporations committing to avoiding purchasing products that cause deforestation, such as soy or cattle from deforested lands in the Brazilian Amazon, palm oil from deforested agricultural land in Indonesia, or illegal wood and wood products throughout the world
Jake Schmidt: Key Actions on Climate & Energy That World Leaders Need to Take at the Earth Summit in 2012 Jake Schmidt 2011
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Over 98 percent of the country has been deforested by logging and improper environmental management.
Ethan Budiansky: The Roots of Cholera in Haiti: A Lack of Trees Ethan Budiansky 2010
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Will they look more like the deforested, erosion-clawed exposed steppes of Afghanistan?
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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A few years ago a campaign targeting large agricultural corporations actually caused the major soya producers to declare a moratorium on planting in any land that had been deforested illegally.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Land reform or deforestation boost for the Amazon? 2009
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Reduce deforestation emissions by key corporations committing to avoiding purchasing products that cause deforestation, such as soy or cattle from deforested lands in the Brazilian Amazon, palm oil from deforested agricultural land in Indonesia, or illegal wood and wood products throughout the world
Jake Schmidt: Key Actions on Climate & Energy That World Leaders Need to Take at the Earth Summit in 2012 Jake Schmidt 2011
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Will they look more like the deforested, erosion-clawed exposed steppes of Afghanistan?
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Reduce deforestation emissions by key corporations committing to avoiding purchasing products that cause deforestation, such as soy or cattle from deforested lands in the Brazilian Amazon, palm oil from deforested agricultural land in Indonesia, or illegal wood and wood products throughout the world
Jake Schmidt: Key Actions on Climate & Energy That World Leaders Need to Take at the Earth Summit in 2012 Jake Schmidt 2011
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