Read the excerpt abouhland use in the Amazon rain forest.
What type of environmental impact is described in the
excerpt?
o economic
geographic
O political
social
The reason corporations and large ranches have a major
advantage over poor individuals in the rush for land: they
have the capital to build their own access roads into the
forest. This advantage enables them to lay claim on land
much farther from major highways than can poor settlers.
Small farmers have difficulties in finding land for squatting.
They can typically claim land only a few kilometers from
public roads, as they can neither market products nor have
access to health or education facilities if they venture
further. Often, their alternative is to invade land that already
is clearly privately claimed, leading to land disputes.
-United Nations Research Institute for Social
Development