Example Sentences

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And yet, it can be hard to identify who is doing the deforesting.

From Science Daily • Sep. 20, 2023

The report estimates that 600,000 tonnes of CO2 was emitted by deforesting these areas, the equivalent of 1.2 million flights from London to New York.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2022

“It’s a moment where these people that are deforesting the Amazon, in the middle of nowhere, they are just waiting to see what is going to happen,” Alencar said.

From Reuters • Aug. 13, 2021

Still, they need wood for their stoves, so they are again deforesting the mountainside, setting the stage for more mudslides as the autumn and winter rainy season approaches.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2021

His work in deforesting the land brings on floods and the opposite conditions of drought.

From Under the Maples by Burroughs, John