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Deforestation In Middle And South America

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In Middle and South America, it is evident that human interactions affect the physical features. The human interaction that affects Middle and South America is deforestation. In 1970’s a period of deforestation began in Brazil with the construction of the Trans-Amazon Highway; the road allowed migrant farmers to grow crops (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012). Deforestation continued throughout Middle and South America. The use lodging of hardwoods, extracting minerals, oil, gas, stones and clearing off land for raising cattle, and growing crops has impacted most of the land in Middle and South America (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012). The human interaction of deforestation has led to many environmental issues, changes in physical features. There are loss …show more content…

There are four temperature altitude zones, physical features that affect the interactions of humans. The tierra caliente zone is known plantation agriculture with tropical crops such bananas, sugar cane, cocoa and pineapple (Pulsipher &Pulsipher 2012 ). In the tierra templada zone, crops such as corn, bean, squash, green vegetables, wheat, and coffee grow well here (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012)The tierra fria zone, crops such as wheat, fruit trees, potatoes, cool weathered vegetables thrive, and herd llamas, sheep, and guinea pigs for food and fiber (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012).The tiera helada zone vegetation is mostly absent in this zone, but hiking for people is common in this area (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012). Overall, the physical feature of temperature altitude zone affects what a person can grow or herd in a certain temperature altitude …show more content…

The Structural Adjustment Policy (SAPs), when policies required economic reorganization toward less government involvement in industry, agriculture, and social services is a big topic in globalization in Middle and South America (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012). The people rebelled on this attempt to globalization by electing governments, and now SAPs has been joined by growth in regional free trade agreement with North American Free Trade and Mesocour to reduce tariffs and other barriers among neighboring and other countries (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012). Throughout the region nearly everyone depends on the informal economy as a buyer or seller. Hopefully the new economy may help. (Pulsipher & Pulsipher 2012). Other examples of globalization is the role of remittances in this region among the countries and sometimes farther away (Pulsipher & Pulsipher

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