deforesting
Removing all trees
Deforesting is clearing an area of trees and forest cover.
The term usually implies large-scale removal—for agriculture, logging, or development—rather than selective cutting: Companies are deforesting the Amazon at an alarming rate.
The environmental consequences include habitat loss, soil erosion, and increased carbon emissions.
Harvesting every standing tree
- slash-and-burnPrimitive clearing method
- clearingTreeless space in forest
- bulldozingDemolishing by pushing over
- razingComplete structural demolition
chainsaw · earthmovers · defoliants · skidder
Wood for construction
- lumberSawn wood for building
- pulpwoodTimber for paper manufacture
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
Breaking into smaller pieces
- erosionGradual wearing away
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
Restoring natural ecosystems
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- nurseryRoom for infants
- agroforestryTrees integrated with farming
- certificationAttestation of qualification
clearcutting
Harvesting every standing tree
- slash-and-burnPrimitive clearing method
- clearingTreeless space in forest
- bulldozingDemolishing by pushing over
razing · chainsaw · earthmovers · defoliants · skidder
timber
Wood for construction
plantation · palm-oil · agribusiness · mining · monoculture
fragmentation
Breaking into smaller pieces
- erosionGradual wearing away
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
rewilding
Restoring natural ecosystems
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- nurseryRoom for infants
- agroforestryTrees integrated with farming
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
deforestingreforesting
Restoring woodland to land
afforesting · reforestation · afforestation · replanting · tree planting
deforestingregreening
Restoring vegetation to land
conserving · preserving · forest conservation · habitat restoration · greening
forest, forested, forestry, deforestation, deforest, reforestation, reforest, forestation, afforestation