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Roads are often built through forests for industrial purposes or as land is developed for residential and commercial needs. How would road construction through a forest most likely affect the ecosystem?.

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They would cut down trees which when cut down release. This would then affect the air quality as trees absorb the carbon dioxide in the air. It is also destroying animals habitat
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