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desforestació

Definition: *
The removal of forest and undergrowth to increase the surface of arable land or to use the timber for construction or industrial purposes. Forest and its undergrowth possess a very high water-retaining capacity, inhibiting runoff of rainwater.
* Note: Definition is not available for the current language
broader terms
silvicultura
narrower terms
clariana
related terms
canvi climàtic
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
AGRICULTURA, SILVICULTURA, CRIA D'ANIMALS, PESCA
Themes:
àrees naturals, paisatge, ecosistemes
silvicultura
Other relations:
Has exact match
AGROVOC: Deforestation
EuroVoc: deforestation
Wikipedia article
Deforestation
Has close match
UMTHES: Entwaldung
Arabic: إزالة الغابات
Basque: deforestazio
Bulgarian: Обезлесяване
Chinese: 森林砍伐
Croatian: krčenje šuma
Czech: odlesňování
Danish: skovning
Dutch: ontbossing
English: deforestation
English (US): deforestation
Estonian: raadamine
Finnish: metsän kaataminen
French: déforestation
German: Entwaldung
Greek: αποψίλωση (των δασών)
Hungarian: erdőirtás
Irish: dífhoraoisiú
Italian: deforestazione
Latvian: atmežošana; meža izciršana
Lithuanian: miško iškirtimas
Maltese: deforestazzjoni
Norwegian: avskoging
Polish: wylesianie
Portuguese: desflorestação
Romanian: despădurire
Russian: сведение лесов
Slovak: odlesnenie
Slovenian: izsekavanje, krčenje gozdov
Spanish: deforestación
Swedish: skogsskövling
Turkish: ormansızlaşma
Ukrainian: вирубка лісів
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2036>