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savannization en · NOUN

Etymology

From savanna + -ization.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Conversion to savanna (typically of forest as a result of fire).
   • Increasing soil temperature and the reduction of the ecosystem's capacity to retain carbon could eventually force the Amazon through a gradual process of savannization. 2011, Mark Bush, Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change:
   • In Africa, the “savannization” process started very early. 1995, Danilo J. Anton, Diversity Globalization, and the Ways of Nature:

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