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- From: andrewt@watson.ibm.com (Andrew Taylor)
- Subject: Re: Save the Planet and the Economy at the Same time!
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- In article <1992Dec30.213217.28678@vexcel.com> dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska) writes:
- >I do think that biodiversity problems are concentrated in these
- >countrues. Part of this is due to presures to supply exports to
- >consumptiojn in the developed countries but I do not know how this
- >component compares to that driven by poverty.
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- This is at least partly true in Burma. Several years ago, after some severe
- mud-slides, Thailand heavily limited logging. The trade in this timber has
- apparently moved to Burma where the military government is desperate for
- foreign currency. It may also be occurring for the same reasons in rebel
- controlled areas. This logging is presumably unregulated and poorly managed.
- I would guess it is a significant part of Burma's environmental problems.
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- The restoration of peaceful democratic government would make addressing
- Burma's environment problems much easier.
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- Andrew Taylor
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