Intensive agriculture
A. has a significant impact on the environment, but this impact is very localized and can be controlled.
B. can actually breed greater ecological diversity.
C. is not ecologically destructive when it is done with fuel-efficient machinery.
D. has significant environmental effects, such as deforestation, water pollution, and reduction of ecological diversity.
E. is an ecological improvement over sectorial fallowing.
Answer: D
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