Question

Read the excerpt about land use in the Amazon rain forest. 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 What type of environmental impact is described in the excerpt?

Answer 1

Answer:

Indirect impact

Explanation:

An environmental result is said to be the result of  any  environmental impacts on human health and as well as welfare. There are usually four types of environmental effects. They are :

1. direct effect

2. indirect effect

3. cumulative impacts

4. induced impact

The type of impact shown in the excerpt is indirect impact. The indirect impact includes effects that are related to the induced changes to patterns of land use or any road network, any power project or population density, etc. In this process, air water and other ecosystem is effected.