Brazil losing battle for Amazon jungle

fishypoo2 said:
..... .. .... and eventually ourselves.
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I hope this will happen!

Some that have more knowledge, and a good reason for that know --- overpopulation could be a big problem. (Ooops - did I say "could ??) No way; "what does it mean, 'urban sprawl'?
 
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Not to preach about the country, but I went their on my honeymoon and thought it was a great place... Costa Rica is taking huge steps to protect their natural resources. Something like 30% of the country is protected. They understand how important it is and also how much more they can make on tourism than cutting everything down. Even some of their natural parks are closed on certain days to visitors so that the area can "rest" if you will!!!! I think they set a good example for some of the similarly less developed countries, where its not too late to make a difference
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Weve made pretty significant strides from the days of clear cutting entire forests. The logging industry does do a pretty good job of not destroying the entire habitat. Farming destroys more forest than logging does (so much for the PETA vegetarian campaign, eh?) With more pressure we will continue to see the logging industry (at least in the US) depend more and more on new unique ways not to disturb the forest floor, wether its with light weight highly mobile vehicles, or using helicoptors to cut and airlift out certain trees. Logging roads/tree storage areas tend to cause more damage than the logging itself. But of course, these techniques are more expensive, and that price will appear in our lumber supply, probably resulting in us importing more wood.

Hence why the goverment has a role here. They need to not only mandate how to preserve our forests, but also how and where we purchase wood.
 
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Holly9937 said:
But how can we go to another country and say you can't do that, even though it may be their living, just because we in America have already destroyed so much of our own natural places?!?!
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Heh, youd be suprised how much is involved in that topic. Geolibertarians have somewhat unique views on that topic (land rights and land ownership). But thats for another thread.
 
slipknottin said:
Farming destroys more forest than logging does (so much for the PETA vegetarian campaign, eh?)
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Not that I'm promoting PETA's ideas, but cattle ranching is the biggest threat to the Amazon, just above farming (plants), logging, and mining. Most of it ends up in European and American fast food chains.
 
There is alot of debate about that topic, I just find it somewhat ironic/hypocrital!! Now that we realize some of our mistakes, we want to tell other people not to make them, even though some of our "mistakes" are what has made the US a so called superpower...
 
I think its really amazing that there are tribes of people out there who we may not even know exist, who have their own language, customs, etc. Sometimes when I watch the discovery channel about the different groups who live in the wilderness I wish I could just up and leave and go live with them!!! I think it would be nice to be ignorant of alot of the things that happen in the world.
 
Holly9937 said:
I think its really amazing that there are tribes of people out there who we may not even know exist, who have their own language, customs, etc. ... ...
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It was 'interesting' to see a 'villager' shoot an arrow at a Military helicopter in the Tsunami damaged area.......

Enjoy your 'Ipods'.
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