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Concept: forest exploitation in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/10692
Preferred label forest exploitation
Definition Forests have been exploited over the centuries as a source of wood and for obtaining land for agricultural use. The mismanagement of forest lands and forest resources has led to a situation where the forest is now in rapid retreat. The main aspects of the situation are: serious shortages in the supply of industrial wood; the catastrophic erosion and floods accompanying the stripping of forests from mountainous land; the acute shortages of fuel wood in much of the developing world; the spread of desert conditions at an alarming rate in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world; and the many environmental effects of the destruction of tropical rainforests.
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Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
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  • oihan-ustiapen [eu]
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