Still, after years of fights over logging practices, including lawsuits to reduce clear cutting on federal land, distrust of the Forest Service's motives remains.

经过数年与砍伐行为的斗争，其中包括对联邦土地上滥砍滥伐的诉讼，人们对于林务局的动机仍然持怀疑态度。

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Forest harvesting could increase coarse fuel loads, with the largest increase under clear cutting scenario.

采伐增加了粗可燃物的载量，皆伐方式增加最明显；

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The problem is that while clear-cutting sections of rain forest and burning out all the underbrush makes great soil for pastureland, it only does so for about three years.

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With one tree able to produce as much as 400 pounds of food a year, using the Maya nut prevents rain forest clear-cutting to harvest other foods and increases populations' food supplies.

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Over the past decade, Brazil has cracked down on clear-cutting, especially in the biodiverse Amazon rain forest, reducing the rate of deforestation by 80%.

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