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captivity 
is cruel.
(J) ...or any other 
endangered species.
(K) ...but it is often difficult to get people to fund
the 
research.
(L) ...you risk coming under attack from 
animal
rights activists.
B. Replace the expressions in 
bold
with a word or expression from the box which has the same
meaning.
1. In Britain, building is restricted or completely banned in the 
area of farming land or woods and parks
which surrounds a town.
2. Many companies are developing 
boxes, cartons and cans which can easily be decomposed by
organisms such as bacteria, or by sunlight, sea, water, etc.
3. The burning of some fuels creates 
carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, methane and
other 
gases which rise into the atmosphere.
4. Farmers have cleared hectares of 
thick wooded land in tropical regions where the precipitation is very
high.
unleaded petrol • fossil fuels • recycle (things) • organic
genetically modified • greenhouse • rain forest • global warming
erosion • contaminated • environmentalists • emissions
biodegradable packaging • acid rain • Green Belt • ecosystem

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The environment
5. Planting trees provides some protection from the 
gradual wearing away 
of soil.
6. We should all try to 
process waste material so that it can be used again.
7. These potatoes are 
cultivated naturally, without using any chemical fertilisers or pesticides.
8. This bread is made from wheat which has been