Sustainability requires wealth. You mention Dominican mahogany. Have you ever seen pictures of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic? They're r

Sustainability requires wealth. You mention Dominican mahogany. Have you ever seen pictures of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic? They're really shocking! No trees in sight on the Haitian side; forest as far as the eye can see on the Dominican side. Why is that? Because Haiti is so much poorer than the Dominican Republic that trees are burned for firewood. The environment is cleanest and best in richer countries because rich people can afford to care about it. That's right, poor people who worry about where their next meal is going to come from could not care less about the environment. So if you want the 8bn people of this planet to care for it, we have to make them richer than they are.