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to evaporation from reservoirs and another 10%–15% of global freshwater is used in thermoelectric power plants. Land-Use Change • Deforestation can cause social dislocation, increase the cost of fuelwood, destroy biodiversity, and conflict with agriculture and the preservation of nature reserves. At least 15% of land-use change is caused
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