The need to reverse the denuding of forests has been proclaimed time and again by the government but to no effect.

ECONOMIST: From the archive

Up to 20m Africans were taken across the Atlantic between the 15th and 19th centuries, denuding many places of their most able workers.

ECONOMIST: Slavery

During the past decade, Citi has become synonymous with financial misjudgment, reckless lending, and gargantuan losses: what might be termed asset denuding rather than asset building.

NEWYORKER: What Good Is Wall Street?

If the denuding of the capital reminds public servants of the need to prepare for disasters to come, the horrific storm will have done at least some good.

ECONOMIST: The storm in Orissa