Indiscriminate cutting of trees in order to make land available for human uses is called .
A
deforestation
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B
afforestation
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C
farming
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Solution
The correct option is A deforestation Trees are cut for various purposes like making land available to construct buildings, roads, etc. Trees are also used as fuel, all these activities lead to mass cutting of trees (known as deforestation). The picture below shows the mass scale cutting of trees.