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Indiscriminate cutting of trees in order to make land available for human uses is called .

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deforestation
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afforestation
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farming
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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.

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