|Question 17Verbal

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A 2024 study cataloged all the trees in Amsterdam to evaluate the biodiversity of the city’s urban forest. The researchers, finding that administrative unit GK13 had a 0.62 ratio of native to non-native trees, ______ efforts to improve the biodiversity of the trees in that unit and other areas with a similarly moderate ratio.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
recommended
A
recommending
B
to recommend
C
having recommended
D