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Did anybody else find the third to last paragraph a little odd? > As I never tire of pointing out, environmental progress depends on social progress. When peop
by jlarocco 12y ago
Did anybody else find the third to last paragraph a little odd?
> As I never tire of pointing out, environmental progress depends on social progress. When people are desperately poor they have no choice but to pillage the commons — to cut down forests, or turn to crime. When those people find the means to support themselves with dignity, forests are protected and high-crime areas turn into healthy, walkable neighborhoods.
They cut down forests? Is that really a thing people do when they can't support themselves?
- patrickaljord 12y ago> They cut down forests? Is that really a thing people do when they can't support themselves? In region like Brazil and Indonesia I guess.
- DanBC 12y agoGrist is an environmental site. Cutting down forests is talking about deforestation, especially of the rain forest. In that context yes, poor farmers deforest an area; they sell the timber and try to use the land for farming.