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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Deforestation has been shown to cause floods and drought.
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Some parts of tropical America have seen over 70% deforestation .
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The land is severely eroded as a result of widespread deforestation and intensive farming.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the pace of deforestation picked up, the area of land covered by dense forest declined considerably.
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Further large-scale deforestation is occurring in response to government-sanctioned development projects, many of which involve cash cropping and ranching.
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In addition high usage of wood for fuel is a major cause of deforestation accounting for 75% of 1983 energy consumption.
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It also provides for increased penalties for dumping oil at sea, and for fortnightly satellite monitoring of deforestation .
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Like most of the forest species, it is threatened by deforestation and hunting.
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Of particular importance is the effect that deforestation has on tropical soils.
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Overgrazing by sheep and goats contributed to the deforestation .
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The authors also predict an increase in violent storms, fires, landslides and avalanches in the Alpine region as well as widespread deforestation .