Deforestation, clearance or clearing is that the removal of a forest or stand of trees wherever the land is thenceforth born-again to a non-forest use.Examples of deforestation embody conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use.The term deforestation may be put-upon once applied to explain a tree gather methodology during which all trees in area are removed (clear cutting). but in temperate climates, this methodology is in conformity with property biology practices, and properly delineate as regeneration harvest.