Sentence examples for declining forest cover from inspiring English sources

It is universally acknowledged that declining forest cover triggers ecological problems like changes in global climate, habitat degradation and unprecedented species extinction (Goldsmith 1998).

However, a declining forest cover in recent decades has imposed a potential risk of increased water runoff following heavy rainfall events because of reduced water conservation by vegetation, contributing to highly fluctuating water outputs.

Given this, how can trends of declining forest and tree cover in remote areas of developing countries be reversed?

As it was explained by the key informants, the decline of forest cover caused a decline in the number of wild animals.

The activities of Euro Americans have led to a decline in forest cover between AD 1880 and 1970, followed by a recent increase as trees are now growing in areas previously occupied by steppe.

The study concluded that all of the studied park units, except one segment of AT in Maine, experienced increases of urban land and declines of forest cover in the immediately adjacent areas and extended buffer zones.

Last month, 20 forest ecologists and policy experts sounded a warning in a new report: "For the first time since agricultural abandonment in the mid-1880s, all six New England states are experiencing a decline in forest cover". New England should double its rate of forest conservation to protect the area's wildlife habitat, watersheds and carbon value, the experts urged.

Miettinen et al. [7] reported an overall 1.0% yearly decline in forest cover in insular Southeast Asia between 2000 and 2010, with the main change trajectories to plantations and secondary vegetation.

The decline of forest cover from 50.9 to 16.7% was also observed in Upper Gilgel Abbay catchment of Blue Nile basin between 1973 and 2001 periods, basically due to the expansion of agricultural land (Rientjes et al. 2011).

The results of this sampling approach indicated a decline of forest cover for most US cities at a rate of approximately 7900 ha/year, or 4 million trees per year.

The Late Miocene extinction of Indian sivaladapids may be related to a decline in forest cover in Asia and to competition by immigrating colobine monkeys.