Editing Monoculture (section)

=== Social impacts ===
Monoculture plantations have been shown to have substantial social impacts on local communities. Forest monocultures have motivated migrations across Latin America due to localized water cycle interference, declining soil health, and changes in resource availability.<ref name=":1" /> While industrial agriculture can increase employment opportunities, studies show forest plantations often have limited employment opportunities, with most workers coming from outside of the community.<ref name=":2" /> Profits made from monoculture plantations historically follow a "boom and bust" trend, temporarily benefitting the community in increased income, revenue, and quality of life until resources are exhausted, with profits rarely distributed back into the deforested land.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sacchi |first1=Laura Valeria |last2=Gasparri |first2=Nestor Ignacio |date=2016-09-02 |title=Impacts of the deforestation driven by agribusiness on urban population and economic activity in the Dry Chaco of Argentina |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1747423X.2015.1098739 |journal=Journal of Land Use Science |language=en |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=523–537 |doi=10.1080/1747423X.2015.1098739 |bibcode=2016JLUS...11..523S |hdl=11336/55353 |issn=1747-423X|hdl-access=free }}</ref>

Environmental changes caused by monoculture forests are particularly felt among indigenous communities given their reliance and connection to the land while additionally becoming subject to land privatization.<ref name=":2" /> These lands are frequently acquired through [[land grabbing]] and dispossession by large companies in global trade, ultimately reducing rural land, cutting off access to locals, and changing agricultural and community dynamics.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Infante |first=Felipe |date=2023-09-02 |title=Social capital and landscape: effects of monoculture forest plantations on small producers in the Mediterranean dryland of south-central Chile |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10371656.2023.2270849 |journal=Rural Society |language=en |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=151–168 |doi=10.1080/10371656.2023.2270849 |issn=1037-1656}}</ref>