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DEGRADACAO FLORESTA [1 record]

Record 1 2010-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Silviculture
DEF

Significant reduction in species diversity and biomass owing to, for instance, unsustainable forms of forest utilization, such as overexploitation for wood and overgrazing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Sylviculture
OBS

Ne pas confondre le dépérissement terminal des forêts («forest dieback») un phénomène écologique qui consiste en l'anéantissement irrémédiable d'une forêt (et dont la cause probable est l'acidité de l'air et l'ozone troposphérique) et différents symptômes, plus ou moins permanents, qui indiquent le mauvais état d'une forêt (dégradation, dévitalisation, appauvrissement, dépérissement, etc.).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
  • Silvicultura
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