Due to deforestation, forested permanent sample plots might become deforested over time and thus sampling intensity might become too low to provide forest change estimates with a desired reliability.
The total amount of carbon that could be released due to deforestation is determined by the area of land that could be deforested, and the latter is determined in its turn by the forest conservation targets.
Nadal says that approximately 38% of medicinal plants have been lost in Benin due to deforestation.
However, their natural habitat is increasingly under threat due to deforestation and new human settlements.
The transformation of grasslands into deserts due to deforestation, encroachment into forests for subsistence farming, overgrazing, and loss of biodiversity and soil threaten the entire continent.
The birds became extinct sometime in the last 1,000 years, probably as a result of hunting and habitat loss due to deforestation.
Reducing carbon emissions due to deforestation will play a significant role in major climate change talks in Paris in December, after governments formed a draft agreement for a UN-backed forest protection plan in June.
However, river catchments are rapidly changing due to deforestation.
But in the 18th and 19th centuries their habitats were significantly reduced due to deforestation.
In particular, degradation due to deforestation is increasingly affecting mountainous areas in north-western Vietnam.
Land use change is listed as the biggest threat to global biodiversity largely due to deforestation activities (Enters 1998).
