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Re:The Amazon Rainforest Now Emits More Greenhouse Gases Tha... by axlee on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:48PM (#27083278)
Tragedy of the commons. There is nothing more than wood that can be exploited from the Amazon, so nobody steps in. But if that jungle were to disappear, humanity would be in grave danger. But there would be no profit to made, so nobody acts.

Invading a foreign country to prevent them from fucking up the planet is definitely a new thing in the international diplomacy book, but it will happen more and more.

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Re:The Amazon Rainforest Now Emits More Greenhouse Gases Tha... by xyzwave on Friday May 07, 2021 @11:12PM (#27083456)
Nothing more than wood?

There are likely billions, if not trillions, of dollars worth of undiscovered pharmaceuticals in the Amazon still today.

Not that economic utility is needed to justify conservation, but nothing more than wood could not be further from the truth.

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