clear-fell

British

verb

(tr) to cut down all of the trees in (a wood, part of a wood, or throughout an area of land)

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"Every time you have to clear-fell, the risk is that the shock of the sudden change in conditions stresses some of the native species and they could be lost," said Mr Francis.

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