Tropical Deforestation Impacts
Clearance of forests for agriculture, logging, or development, eliminating ecosystem services and driving biodiversity loss and climate change.
Real World
Between 2000 and 2023, Brazil lost roughly 400,000 km² of Amazon rainforest, primarily to soy farming and cattle ranching, releasing an estimated 4.8 billion tonnes of CO₂ and threatening 10% of global biodiversity.
Exam Focus
Structure answers around multiple ecosystem services lost (carbon storage, water cycling, biodiversity) — single-impact answers rarely score above mid-band.
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