Those saying this is an "unavoidable" catastrophe and inevitable consequence of economics are being selective about history. We've taken strong conservation an

Those saying this is an "unavoidable" catastrophe and inevitable consequence of economics are being selective about history. We've taken strong conservation and violent prevention measures before against ecological practices of sovereign nation states that are detrimental to our lives. Perhaps the only 'successful' part of the US "war on drugs" was coca eradication [1], including the use of biological warfare (pests), herbicides and crop burning. We probably would have napalmed the Afghan poppy fields, but in the end the Taliban did it for us. The ivory trade is almost extinguished, let's be honest, not because we stemmed demand but because we were prepared to shoot the poachers. It's no secret the SAS operated "free-fire" in those parts of Africa, also training locals on "man hunting". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca_eradication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca_eradication