Study Notes
Deforestation
- Level:
- AS, A-Level
- Board:
- AQA, Edexcel, OCR, IB
Last updated 31 Jul 2018
The removal of long-established woodland is known as deforestation (the opposite – replanting a forest is ‘reforestation’ while establishing a new forest where one has not existed for a significant period of time is ‘afforestation’).
Deforestation can be conducted deliberately – usually for economic reasons – or by natural environmental processes.
You might also like
River Floods
Study Notes
The current biggest threat to rainforests - Rubber!
19th April 2015
Trees are Worth More Alive Than Dead
4th September 2015
The World Has 3 Trillion Trees - and Falling
4th September 2015
Unsustainable growth degrades Asia's land
8th October 2015
Acid Rain
Study Notes
Half of all Trees in the Amazon face Extinction
21st November 2015
Hadwin’s Judgement - An Environmental Thriller
21st August 2017