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It's called "infrastructure" in Brazil. I read 30y deforestation effort. (I'm Brazilian, and quite ashamed right now)

• divbzero 6y ago
  Brazil is not alone in prioritizing industrialization over the environment. Coal in UK, oil in US, dams in China — just a few of many examples. That shame or sense of responsibility should be shared by many countries.
  • Jaruzel 6y ago
    Context is everything. Not every country is at the same point on the industrial timeline. The UK, US, Europe are post-industrial, and have the luxury to focus on greener energy options. Other countries not so much (yet).
    • TremendousJudge 6y ago
      The only reason why those places mentioned can be said to be "post" industrial is because they moved most of the industry to other countries. You can't do that forever, you're bound to run out of countries at some point. Not all the countries can be "post-industrial", the metal has to be smelted somewhere
      • Jaruzel 6y ago
        > the metal has to be smelted somewhere Well, Mars. Obviously. /s
• simonh 6y ago
  Countries like mine benefiting from deforestation are just as culpable, we can't blame it all on Brazil.
• WilTimSon 6y ago
  Infrastructure and urbanisation are pretty much synonymous with killing off plant life and green zones, sadly. I don't think it's a necessary trade-off but it's the easiest route to take and, historically, humanity is a big proponent of the easiest routes.
• largolagrande 6y ago
  Since we have been living in a global economy for quite some time now, shouldn't we actually _pay_ Brazil to preserve its forest, a resource that the whole humanity/planet benefits from?
  • burkaman 6y ago
    We're trying, but it's harder than it sounds: https://features.propublica.org/brazil-carbon-offsets/inconvenient-truth-carbon-credits-dont-work-deforestation-redd-acre-cambodia/ https://features.propublica.org/brazil-carbon-offsets/inconv...