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Hace 2 días · Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. About 31% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests at present.
Hace 6 días · The role of forests in the Earth’s future climate is going to increase from both natural processes (e.g., greater temperatures driving increased BVOC emissions) and anthropogenic policies, as efforts to halt deforestation and expand forests to absorb more carbon dioxide ramp up.
Hace 1 día · The prior forest destruction might have happened through deforestation, clearcutting or wildfires. Two important purposes of reforestation programs are for harvesting of wood or for climate change mitigation purposes. Reforestation can also help with ecosystem restoration.
12 de may. de 2024 · Between 1970 and 2016, Brazilian Amazon forest cover declined from some 1,583,000 square miles to about 1,283,000 square miles. However, conservation slowed forest loss to roughly 0.1–0.2 percent per year between 2008 and 2016.
29 de abr. de 2024 · An analysis of nearly a quarter of a million forest plots finds that up to half of European forest biodiversity may be lost owing to climate change over the course of this century and provides...
12 de may. de 2024 · May 6, 2024, 7:36 AM ET (BBC) Conservation slowing biodiversity loss, scientists say. bleached coral seascape. A sea turtle swimming over a bleached coral seascape near Heron Island, February 2016. (more) biodiversity loss, a decrease in biodiversity within a species, an ecosystem, a given geographic area, or Earth as a whole.
29 de abr. de 2024 · April 29, 2024. Editors' notes. Reforestation study finds only a few tree species can survive a century of rapid climate change. by University of Vienna. Tree mortality due to bark beetle...
