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English translation: forest clearance logging/clear-cutting

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Dutch term or phrase:	kaalkapgebieden
English translation:	forest clearance logging/clear-cutting
Entered by:	Dave Calderhead

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09:36 Apr 13, 2006

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Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber / illegal logging?

Dutch term or phrase: kaalkapgebieden

"Dit type hout komt voornamelijk uit kaalkapgebieden" (waar illegaal gekapt wordt neem ik aan?)

sammi KudoZ activity Questions: 362 (2 open) (4 without valid answers) Answers: 11
Local time: 06:29

[illegal] forest clearance logging

Explanation:
may or may not also be illegal - depending on local regulations

see refs:

Conclusion: Conservation areasThese values increase dramatically after clearance or logging. Forestry and forest clearance by pre-mechanical means, under which large areas in the ...
www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80893e/80893E07.htm -

Global Forest Watch: IndonesiaLogging concessions covering more than half the country’s total forest area were ... Forest clearance by small-scale farmers is a significant but not ...
www.globalforestwatch.org/english/indonesia/forests.htm

GEO-2000: Chapter Two: The State of the Environment - Asia and the ...Forty per cent of Australia's forests have been cleared, and only about 25 per cent ... Public opposition to the logging of state-owned indigenous forests ...
www.unep.org/Geo2000/english/0065.htm

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Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 06:29

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Thanks very much
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

[illegal] forest clearance logging

Dave Calderhead

4 +3

clear-cutting areas, clearance areas

Jack den Haan

clearfelled areas/areas of deforestation

Louis Vorstermans

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24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

[illegal] forest clearance logging

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 06:29
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks very much

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

clear-cutting areas, clearance areas

Explanation:
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Woordenwijzer Ecologie - Woorden, uitdrukkingen en jargon uit de brede wereld van natuurbeschermers, milieuactivisten en wetenschappers [Marechal/Reaal]:: kaalkap: ook wel kaalslag genoemd. Vindt plaats in de bosbouw. Na de kaalslag wordt opnieuw ingezaaid of ingeplant. Spontane bosvorming wordt ook wel toegelaten.

Woordenboek Milieukunde & Milieutechniek [Oxtoby/BoekWerk]:: kaalslag (wegruimen van bossen ter verkrijging van open terrein): clear-cutting; kaalslagen: clearances, clear-cuttings

Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Local time: 06:29
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

English

19 hrs confidence:

clearfelled areas/areas of deforestation

Explanation:
popular subject, lots of options

Louis Vorstermans
Australia
Local time: 14:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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