Definition of Deforestation

the process of a forested area being deprived of foliage, usually as a result of resource gathering

Examples of Deforestation in a sentence

The Amazon is gradually suffering from deforestation, thanks to all of the trees that are being cut down there for lumber.  🔊

While deforestation is often caused by lumbering operations, an out of control forest fire can wipe out a forest as well.  🔊

The best way to prevent deforestation is to replace the trees that are cut down with new seeds and saplings to make up for the loss.  🔊

Sometimes deforestation occurs because humans need to clear out all of the trees in an area to make room for a human settlement.  🔊

Deforestation is a great danger today because new machines make it easy to cut down trees in large numbers in a small amount of time.  🔊

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