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When humans cut down a rainforest, there are no longer trees to hold the soil in place. Therefor, the heavy and common rains wash away the soil, and cause erosion. This creates a barren wasteland.

Naturally, an occasional forest fire will destroy a part of the rainforest, and, over time, it will slowly regenerate. However, that takes time and thus if we continue to eliminate rainforests as quickly as we currently do, the jungles could vanish before they have time to repair.

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