generate questions: The needs of soy farmers have been used to justify many of the controversial transportation projects that are currently developing in the Amazon. The first two highways successfully opened up the rainforest and led to increased settlement and deforestation. The mean annual deforestation rate from 2000 to 2005 (22,392 km2 or 8,646 sq mi per year) was 18% higher than in the previous five years (19,018 km2 or 7,343 sq mi per year). Although deforestation has declined significantly in the Brazilian Amazon between 2004 and 2014, there has been an increase to the present day.
Highways built in the Amazon rainforest were built primarily for what kind of farmers? {sep_token} What did creating highways in the Amazon rainforest lead to? {sep_token} The rate of clearing of forest from 2000 to 2005 was how many square miles per year? {sep_token} What happened to the rate of deforestation in the Amazon region of Brazil between 2004 and 2014? {sep_token} How much higher was the rate of deforestation in 2000, to 2005 compared to 1995 to 2000? {sep_token}