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True or false: Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use?
True or false: Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use?
True
True or false: The most concentrated deforestation occurs in temperate rainforests?
True or false: The most concentrated deforestation occurs in temperate rainforests?
False
True or false: Approximately 50% of the forest cover loss occurred in the last century?
True or false: Approximately 50% of the forest cover loss occurred in the last century?
True
True or false: Livestock ranching is one of the agricultural activities that drives deforestation?
True or false: Livestock ranching is one of the agricultural activities that drives deforestation?
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True or false: Agriculture was attributed to more than 80% of deforestation in 2018?
True or false: Agriculture was attributed to more than 80% of deforestation in 2018?
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True or false: Deforestation can involve the conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use?
True or false: Deforestation can involve the conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use?
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True or false: The size of the area destroyed by deforestation every year is around 15 million to 18 million hectares?
True or false: The size of the area destroyed by deforestation every year is around 15 million to 18 million hectares?
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True or false: Livestock ranching is not an agricultural activity that drives deforestation?
True or false: Livestock ranching is not an agricultural activity that drives deforestation?
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True or false: The overwhelming direct cause of deforestation is not agriculture?
True or false: The overwhelming direct cause of deforestation is not agriculture?
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True or false: Forests are being converted to plantations for coffee, tea, palm oil, rice, rubber, and various other popular products?
True or false: Forests are being converted to plantations for coffee, tea, palm oil, rice, rubber, and various other popular products?
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