94.7/100 Deforestation
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Deforestation is the logging or burning of trees in forested areas. There are several reasons for doing so: trees or derived charcoal can be sold as a commodity and are used by humans while cleared land is used as pasture, plantations of commodities and human settlement. The removal of trees without sufficient reforestation, has resulted in damage to habitat, biodiversity loss and aridity. Also deforestated regions often degrade into wasteland.



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TriX 08:57 PM Mar 5th 2009

I've heard that every several monthes a chunck of trees the size of Rhode Island is removed from the Amazon.

 

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