Multiple choice

How many square miles of rainforest is lost each year?

  1. 56,000

  2. 36,000

  3. 101,000

  4. 77,777
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Explanation

Approximately 56,000 square miles of rainforest are lost each year due to deforestation and land clearing. This is equivalent to losing an area of forest the size of a football field every second.

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