question: Q:Stretching out from the equator is a wide belt of tropical rain forests that are being cut down to provide exotic woods for export to the U.S. and to make land available to graze beef cattle. Which of the following statements is a negative consequence of clear-cutting the tropical rain forests?? 
  A:Indigenous populations will have access to modern conveniences.;B:There will be less precipitation in those clear-cut areas.;C:U.S. markets will have access to less expensive beef.;D:Deforestation will allow more sunlight to penetrate areas that were kept dark by dense vegetation.