| LC control no. | sh 85036463 |
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| LC classification | SD418 SD418.3 |
| Topical heading | Deforestation |
| Variant(s) | Conversion, Forest Depletion of forests Disforestation Forest conversion Forest depletion Forest-land conversion |
| See also | Clearing of land Forest fires Plants--Extinction |
| Found in | Smail, R.A. Forest land conversion, ecosystem services, and economic issues for policy, 2009: p.1 (conversion of forest land to commercial and residential use; forest-land conversion) p. 4 (conversion of forest land to development) Forest conversion: impact of agriculture and plantations, via WWW, Oct. 9, 2009 (Conversion is an increasingly destructive practice whereby natural forests are chopped down to meet other land needs) The dictionary of forestry, c1998 (deforestation: the removal of a forest stand where the land is put to a nonforest use) Kartodihardjo, H. The impact of sectoral development on natural forest conversion and degradation, 2000: abstr. (conversion of Indonesia's natural forests to timber and tree crop plantations; impact of this process on natural forest) |
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