Fertile farming land and and a lot of farmers use this land to day mostly for farming and to live on
To fulfill plantation labor demands to supply explorers with food, textiles, trading, ect
Answer:
Most of Earth's freshwater is locked in ice
Over 96% of Earth's water is saline (salty) and found in the ocean. Only a little over 3% of Earth's water is fresh. Most of that freshwater (68.7%) is frozen in glaciers and ice caps.
Explanation:
Many thousands of acres of mangrove forest have been destroyed to make way for rice paddies, rubber trees, palm oil plantations, and other forms of agriculture.
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