Deforestation

Deforestation, clearance, clearcutting or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land which is then converted to a non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests. About 31% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests. Between 15 - 18 million hectares of forest, an area the size of Belgium are destroyed every year, on average 2,400 trees are cut down each minute.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations defines deforestation as the conversion of forest to other …

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ADB: Asian Development Bank · 20 July 2024 English

Rising inequality is directly related to vulnerability, and addressing inequality could reduce vulnerability to forced displacement.

of drought, soil erosion, desertification, deforestation, and other environmental problems, together


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 July 2024 English

The Scaling Urban Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SUNCASA) project aims to enhance climate resilience, gender equality and social inclusion, and biodiversity protection in urban communities in …

governance systems, rapid urbanization, and deforestation have degraded landscapes and ecosystems, affecting


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

Cambodia has recorded impressive economic growth and improvements in social well-being in the last two decades, and it aspires to become an upper-middle income country by 2030 and a high-income …

experienced one of the world’s most rapid rates of deforestation in the last two decades, leaving highland and


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

monitoring, reporting and verification mechanism on deforestation and forest degradation to access carbon markets; monitoring, reporting and verification mechanism on deforestation and forest degradation to access carbon markets; reporting and verification mechanism on deforestation and forest degradation to access carbon


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

Between 2000 and 2022, Burkina Faso’s economic output has more than tripled in real terms, but this has not translated into significant reductions in the number in extreme poverty. Economic …

leaving little room for public investment. Deforestation, driven largely by agricultural expansion and wood for energy have been the main drivers of deforestation in the country, with wood consumption being Secretariat, MEEVCC, 2020. Source: Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Burkina Faso - Trends (draft), 2018. B - Links among direct drivers of deforestation and forest degradation A - Forest evolution


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

of climate change. As a result of widespread deforestation and land degradation, slash-and-burn subsistence emissions associated with increased rates of deforestation or loss of biodiversity resulting from habitat


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 17 July 2024 English

Better law-making has grown significantly in importance in recent years. As a methodology, its purpose is to design and to decide on regulation that is fit for purpose. This is …

by the European Commission in the areas of deforestation, quality traineeships, corruption and gender-based


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 French

Between 2000 and 2022, Burkina Faso’s economic output has more than tripled in real terms, but this has not translated into significant reductions in the number in extreme poverty. Economic …

peu de place à l'investissement public. La déforestation, due en grande partie à l'expansion de l'agriculture


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

national plan to mitigate carbon emissions and deforestation. Therefore, there is a need for holistic and The NEP, when fully implemented, can mitigate deforestation, one of the major causes of global warming


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

faces significant climate challenges due to deforestation and land degradation, that can push another


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