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How does slash and burn farming affect the environment?

A.
It creates areas that allow farmers to grow crops for a long time and does not affect the vegetation in the area.

B.
It ruins the area for future farming, removes oxygen-producing trees, and creates harmful gases from the fires needed to burn the area.

C.
It has no effect on the environment.

D.
It helps the environment by creating more oxygen and by increasing the amount of vegetation in the burned area.

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b because the gases released by fire affects the air and removes oxygen
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