Environment & Ecology · Environmental Studies
Globally, and specifically in the Amazon rainforest, what has been identified as a leading direct driver of large-scale deforestation due to the expansion of pasturelands?
- 1Setting up of heavy manufacturing industries
- 2Rising urban demand for commercial timber
- 3Establishment of new residential townships
- 4Huge demand for land to rear livestock and grow animal feed✓
Correct answer
Huge demand for land to rear livestock and grow animal feed
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