Question

In order to provide sufficient food for a group of indigenous people in the Amazon, a section of rainforest will be cut down to make space for agricultural land. The decrease in biodiversity is a(n) _____ between conservation and economic development.

Answer 1

A trade-off is the right answer.

A trade-off) is a situational determination that includes reducing or dropping a degree, amount or resources of a set in return for accumulations in other perspectives.

People in the Amazon performs the task of logging that is the cutting of the trees and storing the wood onto cars or wagons for the purpose of cleaning the forests for agricultural production to meet the demand of people for food. However, this activity of people in Amazon has caused a major problem of deforestation. Thus, the reduction in biodiversity is a trade-off between protection and economic expansion.