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How is slash-and-burn farming connected to the steady shrinking of the rain forests in Latin America?

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Slash-and-burn agriculture has been used in Central America and Mexico for thousands a direct consequence of cutting down forests for crop land; loss of habitat and soil washes away during heavy rains and blows away during droughts.

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