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How will building a road through the rainforest affect the Rainforest ecosystem? Is the effect positive, negative, or both? Explain why.
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How will building a road through the rainforest affect the Rainforest ecosystem? Is the effect positive, negative, or both? Explain why.

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Road building has a range of direct impacts on rainforest ecology. In wet tropical environments, the cut-and-fill operations associated with road construction can impede streams, increase forest flooding, and drastically increase soil erosion.
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