verb
- clearing forests or trees from an area of land
Usage: present participle of deforest
Examples
- The company is deforesting large areas of the Amazon rainforest.
- Deforesting this region will destroy wildlife habitats.
- Local communities are protesting the deforesting of their ancestral lands.
- The government banned deforesting in protected areas.
- Farmers have been deforesting the hillside to create more farmland.
- Environmental groups are working to stop the deforesting of old-growth forests.