Deforestation
removal of forest and conversion of the land to non-forest use
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Natural deforestation
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Deforestation across Honduras caused by Hurricane Mitch in October of 1998.
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Deforestation resulting from the Mount St. Helens eruption.
Human deforestation
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Producing charcoal in the rainforest.
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Jungle burned for agriculture in southern Mexico.
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Deforestation in the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania.
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Typical landscape of scrub in Corsica.
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Deforested landscape for tea cultivation in Malaysia.
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Cleared forest for road in France
Satellite images
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Deforestation in Amazonia - the roads in the forest follow a typical "fishbone" pattern.
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Deforestation in the Amazon Rain Forest.
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Animation of Amazon deforestation
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Deforestation in eastern Thailand.
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Deforestation in North Korea.
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Deforestation in Bolivia.
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Bolivia deforestation details
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Deforestation in Haiti (left) and the Dominican Republic (right).
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Deforestation in the Willapa Hills (Washington state - USA)