The phrase "accelerating deforestation" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the increasing rate at which forests are being cut down or destroyed.
Example: "The report highlights the alarming trend of accelerating deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, which poses a significant threat to biodiversity."
Alternatives: "rapid deforestation" or "increasing deforestation".
The proposed revisions would exempt small farms from those rules, potentially accelerating deforestation, environmentalists said.
When combined with population growth and increased access to international markets, it is resulting in rapidly accelerating deforestation and degradation.
Norway also halved its contribution to an Amazon rainforest fund due to the Brazilian government's failure to address accelerating deforestation.
It has also unleashed a new scramble for oil, minerals and cropland that is accelerating deforestation and fuelling a new wave of land conflicts from Colombia to Chile.
It has also unleashed a new scramble for oil, minerals and cropland that is accelerating deforestation and fueling a new wave of land conflicts from Colombia to Chile.
As urban populations consume higher-protein food, the demand for meat and processed food is rising, which is expanding land use for livestock production, further accelerating deforestation and increasing greenhouse gas emissions by agriculture.
Industrial-style soy cultivation has accelerated deforestation.
His policies in the Amazon basin will greatly accelerate deforestation.
These landscapes are undergoing rapid change because of accelerated deforestation for cultivation and firewood.
The environmental dimensions of such "independent", accelerated development include dramatically increased pollution, diminished water resources, accelerated deforestation and desertification, and increasing biodiversity losses.
Road construction demonstrably accelerates deforestation rates in tropical forests, but its consequences for forest degradation remain less clear.
