Deforestation

carbon storage. The direct cause of most deforestation is agriculture by far. More than 80% of deforestation was attributed to agriculture in 2018. Forests...

the rate of deforestation continued to increase to an estimated 840,000 hectares in 2012, surpassing deforestation in Brazil. Deforestation in Indonesia...

annual deforestation is estimated to total 13.7 million hectares a year, similar to the area of Greece. Half of the area experiencing deforestation consists...

isolated. Large scale deforestation is occurring in the forest, creating different harmful effects. Economic losses due to deforestation in Brazil could be...

greenhouse gas inventories give similar results for deforestation emissions. As of 2019[update], deforestation is responsible for about 11% of global greenhouse...

cause of deforestation, accounting for about 80% of all deforestation in the region. This makes it the world's largest single driver of deforestation, contributing...

countries, notably Brazil, have declared their deforestation a national emergency. Amazon deforestation jumped by 69% in 2008 compared to 2007's twelve...

infrastructure development contribute to deforestation and present various challenges against afforestation efforts. Deforestation in Nigeria has raised concerns...

Conference, 67 ministers signed up to help achieve zero net deforestation by 2020. Due to deforestation the Amazon was a net emitter of greenhouse gas in the...

000 km2). Deforestation affects biodiversity in the Philippines and has long-term negative impacts on the country's food production. Deforestation in the...

term "deforestation" was originally coined by Philip Wadler in his 1990 paper "Deforestation: transforming programs to eliminate trees". Deforestation is...

of Agent Orange in Vietnam Deforestation in Laos Deforestation in Cambodia Butler, Rhett A. "Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures"...

of 2014. The deforestation rate of Myanmar has declined from 0.95% per year in the years 1990–2010 to about 0.3% per year and deforestation in Myanmar is...

Mining has also contributed to deforestation, particularly in the recent years, representing up to 6% of national deforestation (2017), with large clear cuts...

forest loss, where world annual deforestation is estimated as 13.7 million hectares (34×10^6 acres) a year. Deforestation started with the growth of agriculture...

Deforestation in Borneo has taken place on an industrial scale since the 1960s. Borneo, the third largest island in the world, divided between Indonesia...

reducing their levels of deforestation (through valuing the carbon that is stored in forests); a concept termed 'avoided deforestation (AD) or, REDD if broadened...

direct outcome of socioeconomic systems. Deforestation is a major cause of environmental change. Deforestation can be attributed to population growth,...

drinks and oils. West Africa is greatly affected by deforestation and has one of worst deforestation rate. Even "the beloved baobab tree" which is viewed...

land area, but deforestation is an increasingly pressing issue, resulting in forests disappearing quickly. The rate of deforestation in the country accelerated...