What part of speech is deforestation?

Deforestation can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does deforestation mean?

Definitions

Noun

deforestation - the removal of trees
deforestation - the state of being clear of trees

Examples of deforestation

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1. noun A biodiversity sanctuary in Brazil called The Pantanal is threatened by deforestation.
2. noun Their habitat is threatened by deforestation.
3. noun In November 2013, the U.S., Norway, and the U.K. launched a public-private partnership to support forests in developing countries, with the goal of reducing emissions from deforestation and promoting sustainable agriculture.
4. noun Reducing deforestation is one way to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
5. noun Palm oil production is the leading cause of deforestation in Indonesia.
6. noun Protestors are chaining themselves to trees to prevent deforestation of the area.
7. noun Despite the efforts of environmentalists, the deforestation of the region continues.
8. noun In its 2018 Living Planet Report, the World Wildlife Fund cites deforestation, climate change and a rise in pollution for the decline among 16,700 wildlife populations between 1970 and 2014.
9. noun More than 100,000 orangutans in Borneo died between 1999 and 2015 due to deforestation.
10. noun Since the late 19th century, humans have released an increasing amount of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere through burning fossil fuels and, to a lesser extent, deforestation and land-use change. As a result, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the largest contributor to human-caused warming, has increased by about 40% over the industrial era.
11. noun Algeria needs to reverse deforestation.
12. noun While Brazil's forest losses have increased, policies to curb deforestation appear to be working in Indonesia, Colombia and West Africa.
13. noun The United Nations set a goal of ending deforestation by 2020.
14. noun The United Nations set a goal of ending deforestation by 2020, but we seem to be going in the wrong direction.
15. noun Conservation policies under former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva curbed deforestation rates from 2004 to 2015.
Sentence  
noun
A biodiversity sanctuary in Brazil called The Pantanal is threatened by deforestation.
Their habitat is threatened by deforestation.
In November 2013, the U.S., Norway, and the U.K. launched a public-private partnership to support forests in developing countries, with the goal of reducing emissions from deforestation and promoting sustainable agriculture.
Reducing deforestation is one way to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Palm oil production is the leading cause of deforestation in Indonesia.
Protestors are chaining themselves to trees to prevent deforestation of the area.
Despite the efforts of environmentalists, the deforestation of the region continues.
In its 2018 Living Planet Report, the World Wildlife Fund cites deforestation, climate change and a rise in pollution for the decline among 16,700 wildlife populations between 1970 and 2014.
More than 100,000 orangutans in Borneo died between 1999 and 2015 due to deforestation.
Since the late 19th century, humans have released an increasing amount of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere through burning fossil fuels and, to a lesser extent, deforestation and land-use change. As a result, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the largest contributor to human-caused warming, has increased by about 40% over the industrial era.
Algeria needs to reverse deforestation.
While Brazil's forest losses have increased, policies to curb deforestation appear to be working in Indonesia, Colombia and West Africa.
The United Nations set a goal of ending deforestation by 2020.
The United Nations set a goal of ending deforestation by 2020, but we seem to be going in the wrong direction.
Conservation policies under former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva curbed deforestation rates from 2004 to 2015.

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