deforestation
Example Sentences
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But environmentalists who have long warned about the risks of rampant deforestation fear the current response will not solve the problem, and could even make it worse.
From Barron's
Vast stretches of a once-verdant acacia forest south of Sudan's capital Khartoum have been reduced to little more than fields of stumps as nearly three years of conflict have fuelled deforestation.
From Barron's
While there, he received recognition for his graphics work on Amazon deforestation and Arctic climate change.
The so-called ecocide narrative argues that deforestation led to conflict and population decline before Europeans arrived in the 18th century, turning the island into a cautionary tale about overconsumption.
From Science Daily
BBC News has recently documented uncovered toxic waste ponds, deforestation and soil erosion at rare earth mines in Northern China.
From BBC
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