Re:Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to recover from d...
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:59PM
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Rich countries need to put up or shut up and negotiate to pay these countries to protect the Amazon.
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Re:Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to recover from d...
by maronato on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @03:35PM
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Rich countries are already paying Brazil a lot of money - to destroy the rainforest.
The cleared land is mostly used to produce meat, and Brazil is the largest meat exporter[1] in the world.
[1]: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-largest-expo...
Re:Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to recover from d...
by sgift on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:35PM
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The problem is enforcement. Rich country gives non-rich country money. Non-rich country still destroys rain forest. What now?
Re:Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to recover from d...
by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:54PM
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You are paying subscribtion, if the forest is destroyed no future money. You don't kill the goose that lays golden eggs, even dictators and idiots know that
Re:Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to recover from d...
by goldorak on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @09:03AM
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that's a very very dangerous assumption, people can be really shot term focus, I saw that in many companies, cash out and run, tomorrow it's far away.
Re:Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to recover from d...
by PradeetPatel on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:49PM
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Rich countries are not charities, such donation achieves no material nor political objectives.
Re:Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to recover from d...
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @03:34PM
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That's fine. Then rich westerners should not care when it gets destroyed.
Re:Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to recover from d...
by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:56PM
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Is California droughts, loosing arable land and billions in crops not material enough?