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Ultimately the problem is money. Amazon based countries have this resource which can enrich the population / provide a means to generate income. Basically tell
by senorjazz 10y ago
Ultimately the problem is money. Amazon based countries have this resource which can enrich the population / provide a means to generate income.
Basically telling these countries "no you cannot use your natural resources because it benefits the whole world" is not going to work.
Europe pretty much cut down all their forests during the industrial revolution and is now a developed and powerful world wide force. Arab countries with oil / gas reserves. Similarly the US etc etc.
If the world does not want the Amazon forests cut down, these countries need to be compensated for not doing so. Ecuador tried something a few years back regarding not drilling in the Amazon basis, along the lines of asking the international community to pay them to not drill. It failed and the deforestation continues. When an oil road is built, or logging road or any road, then the deforestation happens along the road, over dirt roads are built inland and more trees come down.
At the end of the day, none of us are prepared to dip into our pockets to not cut down the Amazon and this will be it's downfall