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  • Thumbnail for Deforestation in the United States
    Virgin forest in the U.S. In the United States, deforestation was an ongoing process until recently. Between 2010 and 2020, the US forests increased 0...
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  • Thumbnail for Deforestation by continent
    Canada, the United States, China, Australia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, India, and Peru. Global annual deforestation is estimated...
    46 KB (8,889 words) - 23:31, 14 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Native Americans in the United States
    are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on. At its core, it includes peoples indigenous to the lower...
    357 KB (35,747 words) - 20:51, 22 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Climate change in the United States
    Climate change has led to the United States warming by 2.6 °F (1.4 °C) since 1970. The climate of the United States is shifting in ways that are widespread...
    207 KB (21,357 words) - 20:15, 16 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest
    ranching in the Brazilian Amazon has been identified as the primary cause of deforestation, accounting for about 80% of all deforestation in the region...
    92 KB (8,418 words) - 12:13, 16 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geography of the United States
    The term "United States," when used in the geographical sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including...
    49 KB (5,624 words) - 23:03, 18 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Deforestation in Indonesia
    Deforestation in Indonesia involves the long-term loss of forests and foliage across much of the country; it has had massive environmental and social impacts...
    28 KB (2,908 words) - 00:21, 28 June 2024
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    carbon storage. The direct cause of most deforestation is agriculture by far. More than 80% of deforestation was attributed to agriculture in 2018. Forests...
    190 KB (20,906 words) - 15:12, 18 July 2024
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    The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America...
    288 KB (24,868 words) - 13:27, 23 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Deforestation in the Philippines
    As in other Southeast Asian countries, deforestation in the Philippines is a major environmental issue. Over the course of the 20th century, the forest...
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  • Thumbnail for Technological and industrial history of the United States
    The technological and industrial history of the United States describes the emergence of the United States as one of the most technologically advanced...
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  • Thumbnail for Deforestation in Brazil
    help achieve zero net deforestation by 2020. Due to deforestation the Amazon was a net emitter of greenhouse gas in the 2010s. The effects include "severe...
    84 KB (8,940 words) - 18:40, 11 July 2024
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    officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. Covering 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), it is the world's 13th...
    268 KB (25,254 words) - 22:03, 22 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Deforestation in Nigeria
    infrastructure development contribute to deforestation and present various challenges against afforestation efforts. Deforestation in Nigeria has raised concerns regarding...
    57 KB (6,268 words) - 18:59, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Canada–United States international border vista
    The Canada–United States international border vista (colloquially known as The Slash) is a man-made track of deforestation that demarcates portions of...
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  • Mining in the United States has been active since the beginning of colonial times, but became a major industry in the 19th century with a number of new...
    18 KB (2,065 words) - 17:38, 24 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for REDD and REDD+
    for these efforts. The acronym refers to "reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation...
    96 KB (11,066 words) - 07:38, 14 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for China–United States relations
    The relationship between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States of America (USA) has been complex and at times tense since the establishment...
    330 KB (35,509 words) - 22:10, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Environmental movement in the United States
    Environmental issues in the United States include climate change, energy, species conservation, invasive species, deforestation, mining, nuclear accidents, pesticides...
    65 KB (7,925 words) - 21:17, 13 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of disasters in the United States by death toll
    of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or...
    189 KB (1,809 words) - 06:02, 18 July 2024
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