Sentence examples for clearing of forests from inspiring English sources
At least three laws in Indonesia prohibit the burning and clearing of forests.
This is crucial because more than 15% of emissions are attributed to the clearing of forests.
THE clearing of forests for agriculture or logging is progressing at a worrisome rate around the world.
The clearing of forests for commercial uses has helped make Indonesia the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter, behind the United States and China, according to some estimates.
Most of Sri Lanka's climax vegetation cover has been heavily depleted by extensive clearing of forests for settlements, extraction of timber, and agriculture.
The new policy included no new clearing of forests on peatlands and an investment of $100m over 10 years for peatland restoration and conversation.
The annual environmental disaster devastates millions of hectares (pdf) in the archipelago and has been linked to the clearing of forest and peatland for oil palm and paper pulp plantations.
It could also mean clearing of forest and blasting of mountainsides to rig high tension power lines in once-picturesque environments.
For example, in both countries credits to farmers resulted in the clearing of large areas of forest, while reduced credit facilities and the decline in the beef markets reduced the clearing of forest lands.
Clearing of forest and degradation of land are inter-related with use of fuelwood and cow dung as domestic energy source, which are the most serious environmental problems for the country.
