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Your point implies that we need to deflorestate in order to be economically stable. No, our economy is not bad because of the environment, it's bad because of b
by PauloManrique 7y ago
Your point implies that we need to deflorestate in order to be economically stable. No, our economy is not bad because of the environment, it's bad because of bad decisions of politicians of the past.
- newsgremlin 7y agoThink you misunderstood my point, I'm saying that deforestation is a result of a economic woes. If the economy was in better shape we would be seeing less deforestation. The politicians make decisions against the environment because it's how they gain political points, being seen as the fiscally conservative leader is always a winner in uncertain times.
- PauloManrique 7y agoNot in our case. Our current president is a climate change denial, in favor of reducing protected areas, he's cutting funding to inspections and so on.