Agriculture and Deforestation

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Across
  1. 2. The removal of trees allows a country to ____ more land for agriculture.
  2. 5. The fragile ____ of the rainforest can be washed away by heavy rains if the tree covers is cut down.
  3. 6. This contributes to global warming
  4. 10. Removal of trees without planting of crops can result in much ___ of the land.
  5. 11. Some subsistence farmers practice slash and _____ agriculture, which results in deforestation.
  6. 14. In Brazil deforestation brings economic _____ in the short term.
  7. 15. _______________ farmers may depend on forest products for their livelihoods.
Down
  1. 1. Indigenous people are often ______ by deforestation.
  2. 3. Deforestation could destroy species with the potential ____ for some diseases.
  3. 4. Between the Tropic of ___ and the Equator is a large percent of the Amazon rainforest.
  4. 7. Trees and plants ____ greenhouse gasses.
  5. 8. Deforestation accounts for fifteen ____ of global carbon emissions.
  6. 9. Rain ____ is about 59% of Brazil’s total land cover.
  7. 12. The United States has already cleared ____ percent of its original forests.
  8. 13. Some people say that limiting deforestation in Brazil is an unfair ____ on the people.