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I mean it’s true that wilderness is under attack more in poorer countries (they didn’t so thoroughly deforest themselves in the first place after all). But they
by emodendroket 4y ago
I mean it’s true that wilderness is under attack more in poorer countries (they didn’t so thoroughly deforest themselves in the first place after all). But they’re not using traditional, let alone organic, methods.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoYes, they are. Slash and burn agriculture is the traditional method in, say, the Amazon basin. That's how the Native Americans did it. It's "organic", too. Slash and burn doesn't typically use pesticides or artificial fertilizers.
- emodendroket 4y agoIt’s true that indigenous methods of farming aren’t necessarily environmentally friendly but not true that the people clearing the Amazon for crops today are indigenous people using traditional methods and not farmers with modern equipment and pesticides.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoI didn't say it was the same people. I said they were using the "traditional organic methods". And they are.
- emodendroket 4y agoBut they aren’t? They’re using fertilizers, pesticides, tractors, and the rest of it. If you just meant to score some cheap points by referring to clearing the forest as “traditional organic methods” then not really anything worth engaging with.