Except destroying the rain forests is gonna do absolutely nothing to help the Brazilian poor.

So I’m not sure what being truly poor has anything to do with this. This will be almost entirely about displacing the poor, poisoning their water, and rewarding corrupt cronies.

Indeed. It's probably going to be even worse for the poor in the affected area from now on.

Illegal wood extraction doesn't only kill trees. Those criminals have historically killed citizens in order to prevent being caught.

> choice is development or preserving the rainforest

That's a false dilemma, though. There is nothing preventing us Brazilians from choosing both things, apart from wacko politicians.

There are ways to develop an economy other than destroying all of your resources within a generation. Any country that does it is doomed to poverty, and it’s kind of hard to feel sympathy for anyone endorsing such short term thinking.

Every rich country has done exactly this, so this doomed scenario doesn’t strike me as true.

Decide for themselves to destroy/change world climate even more? I do not think so. It is their responsibility to keep the rain forests in good shape. I agree though, that they should get help from all over the world.

Apparently, the native tribes don't get the right to choose.