A FORM OF AGRICULTURE, USED ESPECIALLY IN TROPICAL AFRICA, IN WHICH AN AREA OF GROUND IS CLEARED OF VEGETATION AND CULTIVATED FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEN ABANDONED FOR A NEW AREA UNTIL ITS FERTILITY HAS BEEN NATURALLY RESTORED.
DEFORESTATION IS THE CLEARING OF TREES, TRANSFORMING A FOREST INTO CLEARED LAND. THE FIRST STEP IN TURNING THE WILDERNESS INTO A SHOPPING CENTER IS DEFORESTATION. YOU CAN SEE THE WORD FOREST IN DEFORESTATION.