The Amazon rain forest harbouring probably millions of species is being cut and cleared for :

Both 1 and 3

The correct answer is Option (4) – Both 1 and 3

The Amazon rain forest (it is so huge that it is called the ‘lungs of the planet’) harbouring probably millions of species is being cut and cleared for cultivating soya beans or for conversion to grasslands for raising beef cattle. Besides total loss, the degradation of many habitats by pollution also threatens the survival of many species.