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'''ClearcuttingArbarklarigado''', oraŭ '''clearfellingArbarmaldensigado''', isestas apolemika controversialpraktiko en [[forestryarbara mastrumado]]/[[loggingarbarekspluatado]] practiceper inkiu whichplej mostaŭ orĉiu allel la [[treearbo]]sj inen aniu areaareo areestas uniformlyuniforme cut downforhakitaj. ClearcuttingArbarklarigado, along withkun [[Shelterwood cutting|shelterwoodspeciselektado]] andkaj [[Seed treesemarbo|seed tree harvestssemarbado]], isestas useduzata byde [[foresterforstisto]]sj topor createkrei certainiajn typestipojn ofde forestarbaraj ecosystemsekosistemoj andkaj topor promotehelpi selectal speciesselektado thatde requirespecioj ankiuj abundancepostulas ofabundon sunlightde orsunlumon growaŭ inkreskon large,en even-agegrandaj standslokoj.<ref name="Dovetail"/> Logging companies and forest-worker unions in some countries support the practice for scientific, safety, and economic reasons. Detractors see clearcutting as synonymous with [[deforestation]], destroying natural habitats<ref>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (1992). [http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/200081E1.TXT?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=1991+Thru+1994&Docs=&Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery=&File=D%3A\zyfiles\Index%20Data\91thru94\Txt\00000004\200081E1.txt&User=ANONYMOUS&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=h|-&MaximumDocuments=1&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r75g8/r75g8/x150y150g16/i425&Display=p|f&DefSeekPage=x&SearchBack=ZyActionL&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=1&SeekPage=x&ZyPURL "Clear cut."] ''Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms.'' p. 6. Document no. EPA-175-B-92-001. Accessed 2011-10-12.</ref> and contributing to [[climate change]].<ref>Center for Biological Diversity, Tucson, AZ. [http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/forests/clearcutting_and_climate_change/ "Clearcutting and Climate Change."] Accessed 2011-10-12.</ref> Clearcutting is the most popular and economically profitable method of logging. However, clearcutting also imposes other externalities in the form of detrimental side effects such as loss of topsoil; the value of these costs is intensely debated by economic, environmental, and other interests. Aside from the purpose of harvesting wood, clearcutting is also used to create land for farming.<ref name="environmentalgovernance.org">[http://www.environmentalgovernance.org/research/issues/forests/ Global Environmental Governance Project: Forests]</ref>
