Sentence examples for decrease in forest from inspiring English sources

Class statistics indicate there has been a significant decrease in forest cover around Apia and an increase in urban area.

There was a 9% decrease in forest cover and 12% increase in cropland between 1990 and 2009.

As a result, the report notes, the deterioration of the rainforest – through logging, fires and land clearance – has resulted in a decrease in forest transpiration and a lengthening of dry seasons.

The Preclassic abandonment is represented in the record as a shift to drier conditions and a strong decrease in forest taxa.

Forest fragmentation was associated with a decrease in forest patch size, which was associated with a rapid increase in the density of small patches (<100 ha), and a decrease in area of interior forest and in connectivity among patches.

The largest number of municipalities (31), which represents 35.78% of the state's land, were grouped in class IV, indicating a trend in the increase the index of marginalization and the decrease in forest cover.

The most significant land conversion during the 62-year study period was an increase in developed lands with a corresponding decrease in forests, wetlands, and shrublands.

Statistics showed net decreases in forest (−4.76 %) and agricultural (−1.27 %) land area and net increases in urban (4.49 %) and disturbance areas (1.14 %) between 1973 and 2000.

Climate change forecasts present both risks and opportunities, through predicted increases or decreases in forest growth across regions and other risks posed by drought, fire and wind.

The trend of increasing in cultivated land and built-up area and decreasing in forest, shrubland and grassland LU/LC categories are expected continued in 2030 and 2045 periods.

Excessive N inputs were predicted to eventually lead to a condition of N saturation, in which forest ecosystems no longer sequester added N, with consequent losses of dissolved N to aquatic ecosystems and decreases in forest productivity.