IntroductionUrbanization is a global challenge that has a direct impact on wildlife. As cities expand, they push into natural habitats a destroyes them. What this does is it reduces biodiversity and increases human-wildlife conflict. This research is aiming to explore the effects of urbanization on wildlife and explore potential solutions to reduce the negative impacts of urbanization.I will be researching how exactly urban expansion affects wildlife. This will include examining how urban growth disrupts natural habitats and how wildlife is forced to adapt or if it struggles to survive in these increasingly urbanized environments.

The Andes MountainsA long mountain chain running along the western edge (through Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina)Creates very high elevations; affects climate (rainfall, temperature), limits where people build cities; provides minerals; forms natural barriers.