Sentence examples for conversion of forested from inspiring English sources
However, levels of virgin forest are actually declining because of the long-term conversion of forested land into cultivatable land, development of water resources, illegal logging activities, and fuel wood collection in the impoverished remote areas.
The conversion of forested landscapes to agriculture commonly results in three main changes to landscape structure: forest loss, fragmentation, and the creation of novel habitats such as forest regrowth.
In 2004 the Paraguayan government passed the Zero Deforestation Law, which prohibits the conversion of forested area in Paraguay's Eastern Region.
However, the areas of forest resources are declining across the globe, partly, as a result of commercial logging and conversion of forested habitats to crop lands.
Urbanization has been a significant cause of deforestation throughout the latter half of the 20th century, and given global demographic trends, the conversion of forested land to urban uses will likely continue.
About 60percentt of Indonesia's greenhouse emissions are caused by the conversion of forested land for agriculture, and the government's climate plan has already been labelled inadequate by some observers.
Based on a change matrix and cross-tabulation 122 km2 remain forested after conversion of 24 km2 to non-forested land within the state-owned forests, from 2005 to 2011.
Most of this growth occurred through conversion of agricultural and forested lands to urban.
Examples might include: (i) re-classifying land use status of forested areas slated for conversion to non-conversion forest uses; (ii) restricting silvicultural practices in specific production forest areas to reduce impacts and maintain high biodiversity value; or (iii) re-assigning forested areas of exceptional importance for strict protection as parks or nature reserves.
In the Plantation+ Scenario, conversion of 50% of the forested area to coniferous species after shortening the rotation length of broadleaved forest was found to increase wood supply to 561 million m3 y-1 by 2065, (Figure 5).
The habitat includes all kinds of forested areas, although mature forests are preferred for breeding.
