It's sensible to understand (for us, brazilians) that much of our land is a bastion of pristine environment and that we should preserve it. On the other hand I

It's sensible to understand (for us, brazilians) that much of our land is a bastion of pristine environment and that we should preserve it. On the other hand I think it's very hypocritical of many countries to point a finger at us when they have enriched themselves through pillage, exploitation of their own environment, slavery and shady practices from their government and corporations, most of which had consequences on the troublesome political and economical development of the (South American) region. That being sa(i)d, does not justify bad behaviour from both parts and a mutual understanding can only arise when both sides have a dialogue to work together on these issues. If you want people not to burn forests to grow cattle then you need to understand why there's economical sense on that and mitigate the issue on it's root instead of trying to enforce a law that's very difficult to apply. Same thing for energy requirements of a country vs exploitation of it's environment where it's so much easier to point a finger than to propose and help on a solution. Case in point: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/09/02/216878935/ecuador-to-world-pay-up-to-save-the-rainforest-world-to-ecuador-meh http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/09/02/216878935/ecuad... > President Correa said scrapping the program was one of the hardest decisions of his presidency. "The real dilemma is this," he said in a televised address last week. "Do we protect 100 percent of the Yasuní and have no resources to meet the urgent needs of our people, or do we save 99 percent of it and have $18 billion to fight poverty?" I also looked for a translation of a great speech form Cristovam Buarque for when there was pressure to internationalize the Amazon, it's worth the read: http://www.diaplous.org/amazo.htm http://www.diaplous.org/amazo.htm > If the Amazon Region, from a humanist΄s point of view, has to be internationalized, then we should internationalize the oil reserves of the entire the world as well. Oil is just as important to the well being of humanity as the Amazon Region for our future. Nevertheless, the owners of oil reserves feel it is in their right to increase or decrease oil production and to raise or lower the price. The rich of the world, feel they have the right to burn this valuable possession of humanity. Similarly, the financial capital of the wealthy nations should be internationalized. If the Amazon Region is a natural reserve for every human being, then it could not be burned down by the decision of a landowner or a country. To burn down the Amazon Region is so tragic, as the unemployment provoked by the arbitrary decisions of world wide speculators. We cannot permit that the world΄s financial reserves serve to burn down entire nations according to the whims of speculacion.