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The threat to Earth's rain forests is large. In May 2005, the government of Brazil released figures showing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest reached 10,088 square miles (26,129 square kilometers) for the year ending August 2004. Deforestation in the Amazon in 2004 was the second worst ever as rain forest was cleared for cattle ranches and soy farms.
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