"issue of deforestation" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the problem or concern surrounding the act of cutting down and removing trees in a large area. Example: The issue of deforestation has become a pressing global issue as it has negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity.
McCoy says: "Palm oil is an incredibly high-yielding vegetable oil, which means that anything replacing it will have to use more land - that does not solve the issue of deforestation and associated land use change.
Launched in 1994, the Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Programme is a multidisciplinary collaborative research effort aimed at addressing the issue of deforestation.
In particular, he had concerns that few articles during this time addressed the issue of deforestation, and he went so far as to write a letter to the president of the American Forestry Association, George D. Pratt, on the matter.
Two years ago my alter ego "Jungle Bird" embarked on a light-hearted activism campaign to bring the issues of deforestation, reforestation and climate change center stage.
UN-REDD activities are currently confined to tropical countries but the issues of deforestation and degradation are also present in many of the transitional economies in the former Eastern Bloc.
This will sound depressingly familiar to anyone who has paid attention to the issue of global deforestation.
The issue of leakage is closely linked to the issue of how drivers of deforestation are included in RL and it rapidly becomes highly contextual.
Mr. Ban said he thought there was progress on a limited number of issues, including deforestation, sharing of technology and financial payments to poorer nations from the developed world to help them overcome the effects of climate change.
Indeed, according to an article in the 27 March 2008 issue of Time, the rate of deforestation "closely tracks" commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade.
The government should have addressed the environmental issue, of drought caused by deforestation of the Rift Valley, and the social need for more boreholes.
The new model, published in the 23 March issue of Nature, predicts future deforestation across the entire Amazon basin given various factors, such as the completion of major highways.
