Environment / C1

dee-for-i-STAYSHUN/ˌdiːˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃn/

Deforestation is large-scale clearing or destruction of forest: tropical deforestation, drivers of deforestation. Logging is one method; afforestation is planting at scale; a cover logo is not a land-use line. Keep the fact in methods, not in the brand strip.

Meaning

The cutting down or clearing of forest over a large area.

Examples

• “Deforestation in the methods note is a land-use fact, not a green logo on the cover.”
• “Logging is a means. Clearance is everyday. Reforestation sits opposite. A leaf icon is design. Hectares and a year are the claim. Put the hectares in methods; keep the leaf for the footer if you must.”

Good to know

Large-scale clearing of forest. Close: clearance / logging. Opposite flavour: afforestation. A green logo is not the land-use line.

Near in meaning

clearance

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