deforestation meaning with it causes
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Deforestation, clearance, clearcutting or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land which is then converted to a non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests.
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Deforestation causes can either be direct or indirect. Among direct causes are: Natural causes as hurricanes, fires, parasites and floods. Human activities as agricultural expansion, cattle breeding, timber extraction, mining, oil extraction, dam construction and infrastructure development.
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Cutting down of trees either scientifically or illegally is called deforestation.
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Causes
- To expand the agricultural land.
- Since population is becoming more, many forests are cleared for human settlement.
- For the construction of dams.
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