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There are some things that could help to protect the 3 toed sloth. Because they live in the Amazon rain forest, anything that helps them can help countless other species, too.

1. Buy Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified paper and wood products. A majority of wood is harvested illegally and irresponsibly. However, FSC Certified products are sustainably harvested.

2. Buy shade grown coffee. This means that the coffee is growing under the rain forest canopy. Not only does it taste better, but shade grown coffee plantations protect the rain forest trees.

3. The other solution is that the farmers in Brazil begin to grow their crops in a sustainable manner. Normally, they slash and burn huge areas, and then farm there for a couple of years. By then the heavy rain has depleted all of the nutrients in the soil and there has been significant erosion. Then they burn more land, and the cycle continues.

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