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grufty jim
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rainforests: an addendum
Feb 06, 2001, 18:16
upon re-reading my message, it seems as though you might get the impression that i'm saying "it's alright for the brazillians to destroy the rainforest"

that is NOT my belief (as anyone who knows me will tell you). i'm just pointing out that the a lot of poor people in brazil are not willing to listen to well-fed westerners insist that they refrain from exploiting an easily exploitable resource (and remain less well-fed) unless an alternative is offered.

i'm not claiming that much of the profit from the forest goes to the hungry of brazil, but some of it does. and to a hungry person "some" is a lot better than "none".

if i had my wish, the tree-felling would stop completely tomorrow. but while we live in the era of global capitalism, the rainforest (like all natural resources) will continue to have a very tempting monetary value attached to it. unless we offer the poor, aspirng capitalists of brazil a better route to their desired standard of living; i don't see an end to deforestation.

bloody profit-motive! it's killing the planet!
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