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deforestation

Subject Category: P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Definition: The clearing of a forest, or portion of a forest, to convert it to non-forest use, such as a farm, subdivision, or power-line clearing.
Definition Source: USDA Forest Service, Glossary, Land and Resource Management Plan
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/31999.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/31999
Broader Term: environmental degradation
Related Term: afforestation; forestry; land degradation; reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
Spanish: deforestación
Term Number: 31999

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