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How to use the word deforestation in a Sentence?

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Even in an optimistic scenario, when there is no more deforestation, the effects of climate change will see degradation of the forest continue, leading to further carbon emissions.

David Lapola

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Despite uncertainty about the total effect of these disturbances, it is clear that their cumulative effect can be as important as deforestation for carbon emissions and biodiversity loss, it is a really significant contribution to the global climate.

Jos Barlow

Found on CNN
1 year ago

After six years of negotiations, the rules allowing countries to trade carbon credits with each other, known as Article 6.2, have been agreed with the exception of some operational elements, this level of certainty will drive new investments to scale the climate actions we desperately need across all sectors, including halting deforestation and promoting other natural climate solutions.

James Roth

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The declaration issued does not refer at all to the' end deforestation by 2030', it is important to move beyond mere narrative, rhetoric, arbitrary targets and sound bites.

President Jokowi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We invite anyone to take Timelapse into their own hands and share it with others — whether you're marveling at changing coastlines, following the growth of megacities, or tracking deforestation, timelapse in Google Earth is about zooming out to assess the health and well-being of our only home, and is a tool that can educate and inspire action.

Rebecca Moore

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If there is increasing demand for fuel, there will also be an increase in demand for biofuel ... of course there is a (deforestation) risk.

Southeast Asian

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It is mandatory to reach zero deforestation in all of the Amazon in less than five years.

Carlos Nobre

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We are late in the fight against deforestation.

Hamilton Mourão

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Shrimp farming is the largest driver of mangrove deforestation.

Shyla Raghav

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Now in May with them in the field, the deforestation alerts continued to be high. So this isn't a model that is effective to reduce deforestation.

Cristiane Mazzetti

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Restrictions on mobility and looming budget cuts as a result of the economic fallout from the global pandemic may hamper efforts to enforce anti-deforestation laws.

Mikaela Weisse

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Today the majority of Amazon deforestation is happening on public land, we will keep fighting (the bill).

Rodrigo Agostinho

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We already have a plan practically finished for an initiative against deforestation and to prevent fires that start in July and August.

Vice President Hamilton Mourão

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The data doesn't show a strong impact like we're seeing across every other sector of the economy, we are not seeing this with deforestation, which continues to be high.

Carlos Nobre

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There's a risk that coronavirus and COVID-19 creates conditions for more deforestation, we've only had three-and-a-half weeks of social isolation. ... It's still very early to judge.

Carlos Souza Jr.

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

My guess is that deforestation will not go down.

Carlos Nobre

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Although the series of annual levels of CO2 have always seen a year-on-year increase since 1958, driven by fossil fuel burning and deforestation, the rate of rise isn't perfectly even because there are fluctuations in the response of ecosystem carbon sinks, especially tropical forests, overall, these are expected to be weaker than normal for a second year running.

Richard Betts

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

You won't end deforestation or burning. It's cultural.

Jair Bolsonaro

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Our estimate is about a fifth of what was found in previous work showing that deforestation has contributed 484 billion tons of carbon - a third of all manmade emissions - since 1900.

Brent Sohngen

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Deforestation is continuing at a pace that is double that of years past. I think this is because of the messages the president continues to send.

Tasso Azevedo

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There's a sequence that starts with deforestation, then comes fires and breathing problems.

Cristovao Barcelos

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If you look at the whole process of how paper is traditionally made, it involves chopping trees, adding chemicals and bleach to make pulp, using lots of water and then squeezing, drying and flattening it into sheets of paper, it's labor intensive, contributes to high carbon emission deforestation.

Kevin Garcia

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Deforestation and loss of biodiversity are not only environmental problems. There are significant negative economic effects associated with these issues and they represent a risk that we as investors cannot ignore.

Jan Erik Saugestad

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We do not find Berthe in places that we used to find it before, it might go extinct in the next couple of years if deforestation continues.

Matthias Markolf

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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