Answer :

Sugar plantations in the Caribbean caused environmental damage through soil exhaustion and deforestation as well as introduction of non-native plants and animals.

Soil exhaustion is the condition when the soil is completely devoid of nutrients and cannot support the further growth of crops in it. Hence it is actually the exhaustion of nutrient from the soil. This causes other side-effects like limitation of food, soil erosion, etc.

Deforestation is the clearing of forests in order to use the land where the forests are present or to utilize the plant parts for commercial use. In recent time, forests are enormously being cleared for farming use, residential purposes or many other reasons.

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