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Decrease and Degradation of Forests

2020
Deforestation is one of the most accurately measurable cases of acceleration toward global environmental collapse. It is a major cause of climate change and is tearing the web of life apart. Forests are now being destroyed worldwide at a breakneck pace.
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Forest ecosystem degradation and rehabilitation

Ecological Engineering, 1998
Abstract The degradation of forest ecosystems may be attributed to various natural and anthropogenic factors such as climatical extremes, biotic stresses, selection of tree species, harvesting regimes, litter raking, off-site amelioration measures, former land use, air pollutant deposition and soil acidification, as caused by internal and external ...
Hüttl, R., Schneider, B.
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Forest Degradation Is Undermining Progress on Deforestation in the Amazon [PDF]

Global Change Biology
The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Belém, provides a unique opportunity for Brazil to affirm its commitment to protecting Amazon forests and to showcase leadership in aligning ambitious climate action with global conservation goals.
Guilherme Mataveli, Lucas Andrigo Maure, Alber Sanchez, Débora Joana Dutra, Gabriel de Oliveira, Matthew W. Jones, Cibele Amaral, Paulo Artaxo, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão   +8 more
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The nature of forest degradation

Silva Gandavensis, 1991
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Forest and environmental degradation

1998
Recurrent concern has been expressed over recent decades regarding tropical deforestation. Concern has focused on the unsustainable nature of many of the agronomic systems that have been established on cleared forest land and on the broader biophysical feedbacks that are associated with the loss of forest cover; the latter include climatic and ...
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Diseases emerge when forests degrade

Science, 2016
Infectious Disease Why emerging infectious diseases originate in tropical habitats remains a mystery, but habitat degradation may play a role. Mycobacterium ulcerans causes the tropical skin disease Buruli ulcer. Morris et al. looked for the presence of M.
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Deforestation and degradation of forests

1992
Forest cover is of great ecological importance. It protects and stabilizes soils and local climates, improves the soil’s ability to hold water, and in eases the efficiency with which nutrients are cycled between the soil and vegetation. Forests also provide a habitat for people and numerous plant and animal species.
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Connotation of forest degradation and the measure of forest degradation in China

TARU Journal of Organizational Behavior & Analytics, 2019
Hui-Min Chen, Yun-Bao Xu
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Monitoring temperate forest degradation on Google Earth Engine using Landsat time series analysis

Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021
Shijuan Chen, Curtis E Woodcock, Eric L Bullock   +2 more
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ON THE ISSUE OF DEGRADATION OF FOREST-STEPPE OAK FORESTS

Materials of the All-Russian scientific and practical conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Professor Vladimir Ageevich Bugaev "Forestry, forest management, forest management in the 21st century: problems and solutions"
The article deals with the degradation of forest-steppe oak forests in the European part of the Russian Federation. During 2023-2024, unfavorable climatic factors are observed, replacing each other and having a negative impact on the growth and development of the late phenological oak, which is considered more resistant to them.
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