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Question
Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
How have human activities affected the depletion of flora and fauna? Explain.
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Solution
Human activities such as poaching, deforestation, the expansion of railways, agriculture, commercial and scientific forestry, and mining are to blame for the depletion of flora and fauna.
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