送交者: Latino2 于 2005-5-19, 19:10:01:
回答: 1/5 in a year? 由 mangolasi 于 2005-5-19, 18:53:14:
The total area of Amazon is about 4-5 million square kilometers.
This example shows that unless there is economic incentives, conservation effort won't work, at least in developing countries.
People need to eat, unless they have alternatives. There are 40 million or so Brazilians living under 1$/day. To them, get the stomach filled is the first priority.
As I said before, poverty is most important enemy of environmental protection.
However, Fagus didn't want to listen.