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Economic benefits and deforestation are connected by land usage.  Deforestation is cutting down trees and for economic benefits to happen, you must have land. Cutting down trees makes room for economic benefits. But cutting down to many trees is causing there to be to much carbon dioxide in the air, which is bad for humans. In the text (paragraph 9) it says "what happens to the rain forest affects the rest of the world." which means whatever we do to the trees, effects us as well. In conclusion deforestation and economic benefits are connected in many ways.

Good points, Julianna. Make sure to be specific when explaining how cutting down trees gives economic benefits.
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In places such as Brazil, economic growth has a close relation with deforestation. An example off this would be how in Brazil's rain forest thousands of acres are being cut down to create places for crops and animals to roam.

How does making room room for crops & animals help the economy. Please explain.
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Both economic benefits and deforestation are both causing bad situations to happen like when rain forests are being destroyed and its an issue for humans because while plant life are storing carbon dioxide its producing oxygen for humans to breathe and when the plant life is being destroyed we will have no oxygen to breathe:(

Kara, good points, however, make sure to explain how deforestation and economy are related.
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Deforestation and the economy don't see eye to eye on many things but even good things can come from deforestation. The land cleared for farmland, towns, exporters, etc. help a lot of people. But

Javier, please complete & turn in for grade.
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Both economic benefits and deforestation are causing problems. The economy is growing which means the trees are leaving. Almost every human thinks that cutting down trees for bigger homes, and better malls is a wonderful idea, but it really isn't. if you think you cant live without Starbucks, just imagine what it would be like without forests and trees. We wouldn't be able to drink Starbucks if we didn't have trees to breathe. Trees are the support of our economy and without them there would be no economy. Take this into consideration and don't just think about this problem, act on it.

Elainna, good points, make sure to explain the connection of the economy and deforestation.
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Both, economic benefit and deforestation are the same. They lead to bad situations to the environment, such as, cutting down trees, building structures and roads, etc. Cutting down trees/ forests is an example of, deforestation. Most people think that building more/newer/bigger homes doesn't quite effect the environment. But it does, very much. One acre of rain forest is cut down every second, which is very sad, but people don't pay much attention to deforestation. Although without deforestation, there wouldn't be any room for, buildings, roads, etc.

Good job, Alexis. Make sure to mention "economy" though.
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Deforestation has a bad impact on our environment. There are economic benefits to deforestation as well. There is much deforestation but, they use the area that has been "cut-clear" to make room for cattle, farms, homes, buildings, etc. We can create thing we need such as paper, lumber, etc. However, a large part of land and our economy is created or built were a forest once was.

good job, Lauren!
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Deforestation is bad for the environment. It can lead to many issues for humans. But it is beneficial to our economy. Without deforestation, there wouldn't be enough room to build things like building, houses, school, stores, etc. If we cut down trees from the forest, we can make money from that lumber.
Good job, Sarah!!
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Deforestation has a negative effect on our environment. But, it is a benefit to our economy. We can make farmland out of the forests and trade the crops to make an income. We can also sell the lumber from these forests. Clearing the land to build buildings can also make an income. For example, the land could be cleared to build a grocery store and that brings money in. As a result,  a big part of the income can come from deforestation.

Great job, Emma!
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(I am redoing this cause the other one was bad) Deforestation is cutting down trees which is killing the environment, killing and getting rid of homes for animals, and polluting many different things. There are many different places and ways deforestation happens.  Sometimes people just chop down a few trees with a chain saw, sometimes the burn down loads of trees and sometimes worst of all "Drum roll please" they chop down entire forests with huge and destructive machines. Deforestation often occurs in Brazil or more specifically the Amazon rain forest. More than half of the trees in the world have been chopped down and that is a major change in the earth in only 2000 years which is a long time but not for that.

Austin, you make good points. However, make sure you explain how deforestation is related to the economy.
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Deforestation leads to many environmental issues,  but is very beneficial to the economy. For example; logging, agricultural purposes, and for fuel. In my opinion, the economic benefits aren't worth the environmental issues that are caused by deforestation.  Many animal habitats are lost because of deforestation. Environmental balance is affected as well. Water cycles and soil fertility is also affected.

Chloe, awesome job!! I love that you mentioned economic benefits aren't worth the environmental issues.
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Economic benefits and Deforestation are very alike. People cut down trees to have land, and for economic benefits land is vital. People cut down trees for economics in the Amazon for miming and planting. In conclusion deforestation in the Amazon effects the Earths health but helps the economy.

Sadie, good job!
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Economic benefits  and deforestation both have in common is land. When deforestation happens when humans cut down trees to produce economic benefits. Humans solutions usually lead  to deforestation. Land owners in  Latin America gain lots of money from cutting down trees. Then when they sell the trees in return they get money. Witch leads to deforestation.

Amira, good job! What are some economic benefits that come from deforestation?
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The connection between economic benefits and deforestation is that the economic growth and saving the Amazon from deforestation. There is no real connection between economic benefits and deforestation because deforestation is when you cut down forests. Economic benefits is when people to make money and with no money people can't live.They make money by logging and mining for gold and using the wood for house.

Savannah, good job! Even though you said there isn't really a connect b/w the economy and deforestation, there is and you mentioned it :)
Think about all the economic benefits of cutting down trees...
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Their is are strong connections between deforestation and economic benefits. Deforestation is the process by which humans cut down trees, and to produce economic benefits, you must have land. The solution to most economy's problems is deforestation. People cut down trees to have, or to make room for,  economic benefits.  An example would be Brazil, they practice deforestation to make room for things like farmland so they could grow things like beef and soy. Yes, the environment had an impact on us by giving us land, but nobody realizes what they are doing to the environment

Good job, Hailey!
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The connection between economic benefits and deforestation is really strong when you think about it.
One way the connection is strong is because economic benefits need the space in order to be a benefit, so this causes deforestation. Also, economic benefits exist because of the fact that deforestation provides fuel for factories, which provides economic benefits.
These two connections are just a fraction of all those connections that economic benefits and deforestation have.

Edward, good points. However, you need to explain what you mean when you said economic benefits need "space."
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There are several links between deforestation and economic growth. When miners and settlers came to the Amazon Rain forest for gold and land, they polluted rivers and burned acres upon acres of forest to grow crops. To continue, rain forests used to cover 14% of the earth. Now that the world has had major economic growth,  this number is down to 6%. In conclusion, deforestation and economic growth are existentially linked.

Sadie, good job!
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The economy grows from deforestation and development witch requires deforestation in most cases. Many people are affected by this especially more rural suburbs being developed. Animals also are affected when this is exhibited in forests and rainforesets. With farming at an all time low there is not a huge reason for farming development. Deforestation is harming the environment, people and animals we need to find a way to reduce deforestation.'

Zach, good points. However, explain how the economy comes in to play here!
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Deforestation does not have a high reward but there are some rewards. Deforestation  happens for several reasons like for land for livestock, farming, mining, or logging. Thais acts hurt the rain forest but do have a small reward; like housing, paper, and crops but at the same time still hurt the rain forest. By hurting the rain forest there are less trees to counteract all the carbon dioxide in the world and leave less space for animals to live.

Ryan, good job, however, explain how the economy fits in to all of this.
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The connection between Economic benefits and Deforestation   both happen of the same reason for power. Like cutting down forest for wood. that gets you  wood that can be used for fuel. It is also about land. People need land to have cows and grow food it is also used for building homes or business buildings. even thou both are similar they should not be tha

Braden, explain how deforestation helps (or hurts) the economy.
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Economic benefits and deforestation are connected through land use. Deforestation happens because humans want to use the land for agricultural or industrial reasons. Industries and agriculture benefit the economy. In order to perform them, land must be used, and often deforestation must occur for land to be usable. In the early 1970's, tens of thousands of settlers arrived in Brazil and destroyed forests to grow crops. The food they grew was a benefit to the economy, but they performed deforestation at the same time. Both the economic benefits and the deforestation occurred on the same area of land.

Great work, Rachel!
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The Economy Benefits from more farm land and infrastructure. Deforestation is caused when trees are cut down to make more farm land and infrastructure, so the more forest cut down the more the economy flourishes. In the text it says that Brazil will have to find a balance between between economic growth and protecting the environment, meaning that the economy is affected by protecting the Amazon. Another example of how saving the Amazon Rain Forest is not beneficial for the economy because the more farmland the more crops that can be produced, in the text it explains that turning jungle into farmland has made Brazil the second largest producer of beef. That is how protecting the Amazon Rain Forest is non-beneficial for the economy.

Great work, Greg!!
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The connection of Economic benefits and deforestation are they have polluted the rivers and burned down countries acres of forest to grow crops.They have killed thousands of Amazon's native plants and animals.  They brought diseases like malaria and aliens to the rain forest.They have a mined for gold.They could be good but they could bad.

Shakira, good points. However, you need to explain how deforestation might benefit the economy.
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Both deforestation and economic benefits have land in common. Agriculture causes deforestation because of the need of open land. You also need open land which results to deforestation, for economic benefits. When cutting down trees people gain money because they are selling the trees they cut down to other people. That is extremely beneficial to the economy. The land owners in Latin America are gaining lost of money because they are cutting down trees for more land, then selling those trees. Which results to deforestation and economic benefits.

Good job, Paige.
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Economic development and deforestation are linked from people wanting land and resources. Back in the 1970's, the Amazon rainforest was overrun by miners and settlers, claiming land and panning for gold. People chopped and burned down acres of land to make room for farmland. People today cut down forests to drill for oil, and mine for materials.

Good job, Louis.
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Explain the connection between economic benefits and deforestation. Use examples in Latin America (text from article) -- 4-5 sentences // Complete sentences.