Question

Around the world, forests are being
(1) at a rate of about thirteen
million hectares a year and
deforestation accounts for an
estimated 17% - 20% of all global
emissions. In addition, forests and
other terrestrial carbon sinks play a
(2)_role in preventing runaway
climate change, soaking up a full 2.6
Gt of atmospheric carbon every year.
The destruction of forests, therefore,
not only emits carbon-a staggering
1.6 Gt a year, which severely
_(3)_forests capacity to absorb
emissions from other sources-but
also drastically reduces the amount
of forested land available to act as a
carbon sink in the future.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)cut,

2) important

3) affect