Sentence examples for heavy deforestation from inspiring English sources

Heavy deforestation over the last few decades has made the area more vulnerable to landslides.

"If that area undergoes heavy deforestation, we can expect to find really big impacts on the [songbird] populations in that area," says Stutchbury.

Bimodal distributions in the southern region reflect the contrast between spiny forest (nearly all of which are found < 500 m elevation) and humid forests (which are nearly absent at elevations < 500 m due to heavy deforestation and degradation).

In common with most of Borneo, the Bakun region of Sarawak is currently subject to heavy deforestation mainly due to logging and, to a lesser extent, traditional slash-and-burn farming practices.

Mining and railroad companies flocked to the mountains along with the lumber companies, resulting in heavy deforestation, fires and erosion.

Recently, though, there has been a small wave of transnational activism aimed at reducing the use of disposable chopsticks stateside and in Asia; chopsticks, activists say, are contributing to heavy deforestation in China.

Scientists say that factors such as heavy rains, deforestation, dense human populations, and informal housing can heighten the risk of landslides.

The causes of soil destruction include chemical-heavy farming techniques, deforestation which increases erosion, and global warming.

The problem was compounded by heavy rain last year, which, alongside deforestation of the hillsides, caused many embankments to collapse.

The soil erosion and drought that have resulted from deforestation place a heavy burden on many African women, who are forced to walk ever-longer distances to complete their daily task of collecting firewood and drinking water.

The remaining 10percentt grows within public nature reserves, causing serious environmental harm from deforestation and the heavy use of pesticides.