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Clearance of native vegetation
Name(s):
Removal of plants
Incidence
Roughly 80% of the original native vegetation has been cleared in New Zealand.
Broader
Hazards to plants
Killing of plants
Natural environment degradation
Indiscriminate economic development
Narrower
Deforestation
Loss of plant cover
Clearance of native scrub
Déforestation
This problem is a member of 4 aggravating loops
Aggravates
Land degradation
Shortage of firewood
[in 3 loops]
Falling rate of carbon sequestration
[in 1 loop]
Loss of beneficial plants and animals
Aggravated by
Destructive camping practices
Unavailability of farming land
Strategy(ies)
Campaigning to save forests
Clearing unused land
Type
(C) Cross-sectoral problems