1) Baring 2) Deforestation 3) Denudation 4) Husking 5) Stripping 6) Uncovering 
• (n.) The act of clearing land of forests.
Dis·for`es·ta'tion noun The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel. 
disforest, disforestation The same as to deforest; that is, a British term meaning to reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to strip of forest laws and their oppressive privileges.