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> An outsize amount of the world’s biodiversity lives in countries of the global south. But these nations often lack the hefty financial resources needed to res
by hourago 4y ago
> An outsize amount of the world’s biodiversity lives in countries of the global south. But these nations often lack the hefty financial resources needed to restore ecosystems, to reform harmful agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry practices; and to conserve threatened species.
Poverty bites back. Many people think that poverty is ok if it is kept away. But the destruction of ecosystems or pollution in the other side of the world has effects in the rich countries. The world is becoming too small to ignore any part of the planet.
> “It’s a compromise, but it’s not a bad one,”
It always feels like that. We should do more but any improvement will have a great impact.