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• Candeias, C., Melo, R., Avila, P. F., Ferreira da Silva, E., Salgueiro, A. R., & Teixeira, J. P. (2014). Heavy metal pollution in mine-soil-plant system in S. francisco de assis-panasqueira mine (portugal). Applied Geochemistry, 44, 12-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.07.009

For millennia, humans have cut down and cleared forested lands to make space for agriculture and to exploit forest products for fuel and construction materials.

European demand for lumber resulted in widespread deforestation, a process that was pushed westward as new land was settled between the 17th and late 19th centuries.This history was then followed by a long period of reforestation as farmland was abandoned and the lumber industry moved to other areas of the world.

"soft" deforestation - cutting down trees to make space for farmland or to get access to forest products

While much deforestation around the world today is still the result of agricultural practices as well as the exploitation of forests for fuel and timber, the expansion of the built environment (i.e., roads, houses, commercial centers, industrial facilities, among other impervious surfaces) is making a noticeable impact.

Urban planners and land developers are acknowledging the need for more sustainable forms of settlement. Often called smart growth or compact development, the concept of density figures as a central topic in these discussions. Across the United States, increasing density helped spare forested land from the forces of development, while the other forms of urbanization had the opposite effect, pushing localities to cut down trees and cover the land with roads, houses, and commercial centers, among other impervious structures.

Song: Somebody That I Used To Know - Lofi Fruits

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