Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest to logging, mining, etc
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Re: Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest to logging, mining, etc
#2While an important issue, the article states that it is still in the proposal phase.
Re: Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest to logging, mining, etc
#3Take a commercial flight where you have a chance to look down on the rainforest in Brazil or Peru.
You'll be absolutely astonished and sickened at how much is already gone.
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#4Take a commercial flight where you have a chance to look down on the rainforest in Brazil or Peru. You'll be absolutely astonished and sickened at how much is already gone.
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#5While an important issue, the article states that it is still in the proposal phase.
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#6There will be the usual walk through the park of unusable vectors to solve this.
The only thing that could stop this is direct action - meaning, editing organisms to resist humanity. Making trees fireproof, equipping animals with diseases. The only wulf to hold back man, is another man.
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#7While an important issue, the article states that it is still in the proposal phase.
The problem is that while there is a lot of variability at the project level, the H. sapiens as a species is clearly still moving in a very self-destructive direction. Chomsky recently called it "Racing To The Precipice"[1]. The fact that a massive deforestation project was considered as a proposal shows that the derivative is still negative.
Re: Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest to logging, mining, etc
#8Take a commercial flight where you have a chance to look down on the rainforest in Brazil or Peru. You'll be absolutely astonished and sickened at how much is already gone.
The same for Europe, although it was all cut down longer ago.
The same of parts of the US.
The trees and land are a resource for these countries with vast numbers living in poverty. Telling them they cannot use these resources just isn't going to work.
If we non-Amazon countries want them to stop deforestation, we have to dig into our pockets. But we we don't. Ecuador tried it, requesting funds for not drilling for oil. They were offered next to nothing, so the drilling is going ahead, which means roads and roads mean deforestation.
I speak for someone from the UK. We cut down our forests for the industrial revolution. We reached and passed peak oil in the north sea for the (supposed) benefit of the country as a whole. How can we expect other countries to not use (abuse) their resources the same?
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#9Take a commercial flight where you have a chance to look down on the rainforest in Brazil or Peru. You'll be absolutely astonished and sickened at how much is already gone.
The same happened in North America, it was just before you were born so it's not in your memory.
For an amazing account of how mind-blowingly quickly it happened once heavy machinery was introduced, I recommend reading "The Golden Spruce: A true story of myth, madness and greed" [1]
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#10What responsibility does a typical reader of HN have?
What can a reader do?