The Amazon rain forest is being cut and cleared for which primary purpose?
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Correct answer: Soya bean cultivation and cattle ranching on cleared land
The Amazon rain forest, often called the 'Lungs of the planet', is being cleared primarily for cultivating soya beans or for conversion to grasslands for raising beef cattle.
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