deforestar
La sostenibilidad ambiental es un reto importante: las selvas y los bosques se están deforestando a una velocidad alarmante, mientras que los efectos del cambio climático exponen al país a sequías e inundaciones. | Environmental sustainability is a major challenge, where forests and woodlands are being depleted at an alarming rate, while the effects of climate change make the country susceptible to droughts and flooding. |
En parte como respuesta a la creciente demanda de biocarburantes por parte de la UE, tanto Indonesia como Malasia están deforestando grandes superficies de tierra, a menudo bosques tropicales, para plantaciones de aceite de palma. | In part a response to the EU's growing demand for biofuels, both Indonesia and Malaysia are deforesting large areas of land often high conservation rainforest for oil palm plantations. |
Para expandir el monocultivo, los latifundistas y agroempresarios están deforestando amplias áreas de las montañas boscosas a los pies de los Andes, conocidas como las Yungas, y del Chaco, en la frontera con Bolivia y Paraguay. | To expand the monoculture, land owners and agribusinesses are deforesting broad swaths of the forested mountains at the foot of the Andes, known as the Yungas, and of the Chaco, on the border with Bolivia and Paraguay. |
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