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Re:Up to one million species are on the verge of extinction,... by mc32 on Monday May 06, 2019 @10:41AM (#19839825)
There is one obvious thing you omitted. Population growth. We could do a lot to educate and help people in developing nations manage population growth better. China and to a great extent India have addressed the issue. Indonesia has not, for example.
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Re:Up to one million species are on the verge of extinction,... by MiroF on Monday May 06, 2019 @10:48AM (#19839905)
As long as population growth is recognized as a problem in addition (and perhaps a bit less than) overconsumption - rather than a rhetorical guise used by people in the West to continue to justify overconsumption, I absolutely agree! Unfortunately, it far too often appears to be the latter
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Re:Up to one million species are on the verge of extinction,... by mc32 on Monday May 06, 2019 @10:56AM (#19839993)
Of course it’s both. However more people means more clear cutting. More meat as more people can afford meat also means more clear cutting. We can consume less disposable products and also manage population growth responsibly (neither rise to fast nor contract too fast as both are destabilizing).
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