A Region of Amazon Rainforest Has Been Targeted for Deforestation

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Short Answer

A region of Amazon rainforest has been targeted for deforestation so that the land can be used for growing a single crop-a species of palm that will be harvested for its palm oil.What harm could this cause? A biologist might be expected to give the following answer: Because this land will go from harboring many hundreds of thousands of species to having just one species, it is an example of land that will undergo extreme loss of _______.

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