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That's what happens when mafia running things there only cares about filling their pockets from deforestation which messes up local ecosystems.
by shmerl 5y ago
That's what happens when mafia running things there only cares about filling their pockets from deforestation which messes up local ecosystems.
- oxymoran 5y agoIf they profit from deforestation, wouldn’t they want to avoid the whole forest going up in flames?
- gabereiser 5y agoProfit from the result, not the action.
- shmerl 5y agoMafia doesn't have long term mentality. It's rip off everything now, let it be dead desert tomorrow approach. They'll have enough to fill their pockets at present, even with fires raging.
- baybal2 5y agoIllegal logging was mostly happening in Russian Far East, and not Siberia at the time I left in 2007. Siberia is way too far away from any transportation, and most importantly China, and seaports. And yes, indeed, the forestry industry was synonymic with mafia back then. Currently, fires are blazing in extremely unreachable places, and too way up far north to be a result of commercial activity.
- baybal2 5y agoSiberia is mostly pine forest. Pine is not the most valuable lumber. Russian Far East have much more valuable tree species.