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Deforestation

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Word	Definition
disforestationnoun	Archaic form of deforestation. [The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.]

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Word	Definition
disforestationnoun	Archaic form of deforestation. [The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.]
afforestationnoun	The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
reforestationnoun	The act or process of replanting a forest, especially after clear-cutting.
forestrynoun	(uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
forestnoun	A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
loggingnoun	An act or instance of logging (cutting down trees).
desertificationnoun	The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.
fellingnoun	The act by which something is felled.
depletionnoun	The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
clearingnoun	The act or process of making or becoming clear.
removalnoun	The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
encroachmentnoun	An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
embarrassmentnoun	A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
clear-cuttingnoun	Alternative form of clearcutting. [A forestry practice in which most or all trees in a harvest area are cut down.]
timber harvesting	—
forest clearance	—
land clearing	—
disafforestationnoun	(now rare) Deforestation.
woodcuttingnoun	The felling of trees, or the cutting of wood.
reforestizationnoun	reforestation.