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* [[Environmental profit and loss]] | * [[Environmental profit and loss]] | ||
* [[Greenhouse gas]] | * [[Greenhouse gas]] | ||
* [[Nature loss]] | |||
* [[RED]] | * [[RED]] | ||
* [[REDD]] | * [[REDD]] | ||
* [[REDD+]] | * [[REDD+]] | ||
* [[Reforestation]] | * [[Reforestation]] | ||
* [[SDG 15]] | * [[SDG 15]] - Life on land - ''Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss'' | ||
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]] | [[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:48, 12 November 2024
1. Environmental concerns - global.
Reduction in the total area of the earth covered by forest.
Especially longer-term reductions caused by human activity.
Deforestation is an important environmental concern because forests act as carbon sinks and provide other ecosystem services.
2. Environmental concerns - regional, national & local.
Reduction in the proportion of a region, country or other area covered by forest.
See also
- Biodiversity loss
- Carbon sink
- Climate change
- Ecosystem services
- Degradation
- Desertification
- Emissions
- Environmental concerns
- Environmental profit and loss
- Greenhouse gas
- Nature loss
- RED
- REDD
- REDD+
- Reforestation
- SDG 15 - Life on land - Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
