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I totally agree with you — born and raised in the Amazon here —, but consider that a lot of people (even if indirectly) involved with logging are indigenous, to
by caio1982 9y ago
I totally agree with you — born and raised in the Amazon here —, but consider that a lot of people (even if indirectly) involved with logging are indigenous, to whom money makes little sense. Giving them back their land plus quality life would be a smarter move. Also, the ones doing the hardcore deforestation are farmers and livestock owners, so I bet we cannot match their financial incentives at the moment :-( on the other hand, most of the Atlantic rainforest is now gone but the land owners are usually families and small farmers and such so this idea would TOTALLY work to reforest it quickly (in fact there are a lot of people who already do that for free so an official help for them would be the last nail in the coffin of deforestation).
- muninn_ 9y agoWell, I mean ultimately it'll ruin the quality of life in Brasil so the government not doing something about it is really shooting the country in its own foot. If you are Brasilian you shouldn't need some sort of incentive to preserve the rainforest, it should a moral and economic imperative
- caio1982 9y agoThat applies for the Amazon rainforest only, but keep in mind the low level of education in the area and its remoteness for the rest of population, so absurd that they don't care anymore. The Atlantic rainforest, as I said, is a different matter. It was long gone way before the 20th century. So it is all about reforestation and not protection. But yeah, I agree with you :-)