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Amazon Deforestation Inevitable?
According to environmental experts, loggers are having the time of their lives in the Amazon forest. Farmers and ranchers are taking advantage of the situation and go deep into the forest looking for cheap land. However, it seems the Brazil's government is unwilling and unable to halt destruction in the Amazon rainforest. According to Paulo Moutinho, coordinator at the Environmental Research Institute of the Amazon, the government measures are a positive step but just a drop in the ocean.
To read the full article please visit Brazil unable to curb Amazon destruction
While strict enforcement of rules is needed by the government, humanity’s conscience plays the biggest role. If we start seeing with clear eyes the devastation we’ve caused in God’s Creation maybe we’d find compassion in our hearts and a sense of justice and responsibility. Ranchers, loggers and farmers are certainly to blame in this situation, but they are not the only ones. As long as consumers keep supporting these industries by purchasing their products, we share the guilt on the suffering and destruction we are causing on Earth.
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