Deforestation threatens the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia due to... O a. building factories to process timber into furniture and toys O b. runoff from melting glaciers is flooding the rainforests O c. buming forests down in order to make room for oil palm plantations O d. flooding forests to create areas for wet rice cultivation

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