Deforestation
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Deforestation
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036463
- info:lc/authorities/sh85036463
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85036463#concept
Instance Of
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Variants
- Conversion, Forest
- Depletion of forests
- Disforestation
- Forest conversion
- Forest depletion
- Forest-land conversion
Related Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: 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)
- found: 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)
- found: The dictionary of forestry, c1998 (deforestation: the removal of a forest stand where the land is put to a nonforest use)
- found: 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)
LC Classification
- SD418-SD418.3
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2009-11-12: revised
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