Sentence examples for destruction of trees from inspiring English sources

It would also prohibit the destruction of trees on public lands to make signs more visible.

The destruction of trees for firewood was also having a negative effect.

Other items of damage were the destruction of trees and shrubbery and the splattering of cement on plaintiffs' property.

In India's burgeoning urban areas, residents are rallying against the widespread destruction of trees to make way for development.

Van Roosmalen told how the chief had been on a long journey to develop income sources that are both independent of charities and don't require destruction of trees.

In harrowing scenes of personal sacrifice — or deadly self-righteousness — we see an unlikely group drawn together by their absolute conviction that our rapacious destruction of trees is an act of mass suicide.

Because of the massive destruction of tree ferns for this purpose, the importation of tree fern logs into many countries is now prohibited.

After reaching a record level in the mid-1990's, the destruction of tree cover slowed somewhat in 1999 and 2000, according to government monitors, as the Brazilian economy stagnated.

In addition to harvested trees, logging results in collateral damage and destruction of other trees.

The construction of the 290‐space parking lot just be hind Notre Dame Cathedral would have entailed the destruction of 54 trees in the park, including 46 young lin den trees.

Others objected to the destruction of cherry trees (for which the city was famous) and protested by chaining themselves to trees they thought would be lost; still others feared that the monument would obliterate the spectacular vista of the Potomac River.