Human Environment Interactions

In the northern, fertile valley of the Amazon Basin in Brazil, many farmers of the area grow enough crops and food for their families, thus participating in subsistence farming. This type of farming is found usually in lesser developed areas which matches the less urban northern part of Brazil. Where the tropical grasslands lay, livestock grazing is a popular environmental interaction. Livestock or cattle are favorable to vast land and feed off the tall grasses. This activity is easy to complete because the farming in this area supports livestock which are stimulated in this sort of area. Commercial farming captures the predicament where Brazil is in between. Brazil comes from an agricultural based history but is arising into a more developed country. Commercial farming highlights this issue because it still belongs to an agricultural based society but uses the products created and markets them for a profit. Commercial farming in Brazil is also near the more developed coastal area which lies in a tropical grassland, good for farming. Forestry occurs in the southern area where a small area of mixed forests is. Deforestation is a common problem found in Brazil but usually occurs in the Amazon Rainforest. It is interesting that the south more than likely doesn’t import forestry from their own Amazonian area, but probably uses the mixed forest. This mixed forest can supply the more developed part of the continent, coincidently being the south and right around the exact area. The little areas that participate in manufacturing and trade occur in the metropolitan areas located on the coasts. These areas are the more developed parts of Brazil and have the materials and resources available to manufacture. The reason trade is popular in these areas is because they are on the coast which makes dispersing items to other countries via the Atlantic ocean very resourceful and profitable.