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Cutting down and clearing large areas of trees.
Deforestation
A group of the same living things.
Species
The variety of plant and animal life in a place.
biodiversity
The amount of money earned from an activity.
profit
A designated area where no development or destruction is allowed.
protected area
A place that is developed as a residential area for a community of people.
settlement
Farming cows.
cattle ranching
Electricity produced by falling water.
hydroelectric
Cattle ranchers cut down the trees to create farmland. Brazilian _________ were at a high in 2016.
beef prices
Brazil’s Forest Code was changed in 2016, making it easier to obtain a _______ for deforestation.
licence
Trees produce _____. The Amazon rainforest is often referred to as ‘the lungs of the Earth’.
oxygen
Many of our medicines use ingredients found in the Amazon ________.
rainforest
The rising demand for and value of _________. This encourages more farmers to clear areas of forest to plant soy for profit.
soybeans
