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Zero Deforestation or Zero Poverty: that is the question. If you were small #palmoil farmer living in rural Asia or even Africa would you choose to cut down a tree to feed your family? The answer is obvious, but to Green NGOs The Forest Trust, Greenpeace International, F.O.E. ~ Friends of Earth and WWF a tree is more sacred than food and income for your family. This did not stop Western countries from cutting down all of their trees in the past, in order to develop. Our country has the right to develop forest in order to guarantee growth and prosperity, schools and hospitals, as Europe and the US have done in the past. We’re doing it responsibly, too. Green NGOs colonialist approach to sustainability (see article from Tony Juniper on The Guardian) is harming our production and access to international markets; this is strongly discriminatory and unjust.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:51:34 +0000

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