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    Central American countries have experienced cycles of deforestation and reforestation since the decline of Maya civilization, influenced by many factors...
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    claim that deforestation has already wiped out roughly 90% of West Africa's original forests. Today, deforestation is accelerating in Central Africa. According...
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    Deforestation is a complex and intertwined environmental and social problem in Haiti. The most-recent national research on charcoal estimates that approximately...
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    The direct cause of most deforestation is agriculture by far. More than 80% of deforestation was attributed to agriculture in 2018. Forests are being converted...
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    ranching in the Brazilian Amazon has been identified as the primary cause of deforestation, accounting for about 80% of all deforestation in the region...
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    up to 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...
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    endangered. The underlying problems are deforestation, which is estimated by FAO at 1.2% per year in Central America and Mexico combined, fragmentation of...
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    Federal Republic of Central America (Spanish: República Federal de Centro América), initially known as the United Provinces of Central America (Provincias Unidas...
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    rainforest areas, further increasing deforestation rates. The widespread deforestation (and other environmental destruction) in Indonesia is often described by...
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    forests disappearing every year, which was thrice the worldwide deforestation rate. Deforestation remained very high during the Corazon Aquino and Fidel V....
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    Central America is a subregion of the Americas formed by six Latin American countries and one (officially) Anglo-American country, Belize. As an isthmus...
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  • Thumbnail for Deforestation in Madagascar
    Deforestation in Madagascar is an ongoing environmental issue. Deforestation creates agricultural or pastoral land but can also result in desertification...
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    in Central America given below are based on two different definitions of a city, the urban agglomeration, and the city proper. In both lists Central America...
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    The Central American Integration System (Spanish: Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana, or SICA) has been the economic and political organization...
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    of forests (deforestation) within the borders of Nigeria has significant impacts on both local and global scales. Deforestation estimates in Nigeria stand...
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    Buddhism is practiced throughout Central America. Buddhism's presence in the region was primarily driven by the presence of Chinese immigrant workers...
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    Central American agouti has also been introduced to Cuba and the Cayman Islands. Though some populations are reduced due to hunting and deforestation...
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    In 2021, the rate of deforestation in the Central African Republic increased by 71%. Politics in the Central African Republic formally take place in a...
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    efforts. The acronym refers to "reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable...
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  • Thumbnail for Rail transport in Central America
    Rail transport in Central America consists of several isolated railroad lines with freight or passenger service. The most famous one is the Panama Canal...
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    forest endowed countries, that was not historically widely deforested. However, massive deforestation for economic development threatens its forests and ecosystems...
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    increase in flood by 7% and a 387% increase in Mara wetland during the same period that deforestation increased. The high rates of deforestation have increased...
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    Red-shouldered hawk (category Birds described in 1788)
    mostly to central Mexico. The main conservation threat to the widespread species is deforestation. The red-shouldered hawk was formally described in 1788 by...
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  • Thumbnail for List of rivers of Central America and the Caribbean
    This is a list of rivers of Central America and the Caribbean by country. Lempa River Motagua River Usumacinta River Patuca River Ulua River Chamelecón...
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    summits of Central America. Each of these peaks has at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence. This article defines Central America as the...
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    The following is a list of islands of Central America. Islands of Belize Inner Islands Ambergris Caye Blackadore Caye Cayo Espanto Caye Caulker Caye Chapel...
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    Amazon deforestation drops 55.8%, study finds". The NRI Nation. Reuters. Retrieved December 3, 2023. "Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon halved in 2023"...
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    notably Brazil, have declared their deforestation a national emergency. Amazon deforestation jumped by 69% in 2008 compared to 2007's twelve months...
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    three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of Central America. This article defines Central America as the seven nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador...
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    of land are deforested annually; in the 1990s the country had one of the worst deforestation rates in Central America. The deforestation of Costa Rica's...
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