Tropical forest dreams and nightmares

From: "Ron Iles" roniles at eircom.net> on 2001.05.01 at 22:38:58(6347) Addendum South East Asia is artistically and culturally wonderful and even though there are no indigenous Spaths in a Group or not I will go soon for the sheer joy of it all, and also maybe do for other friends what they might do for me in Spath areas. Although I have also heard reports to the contrary Costa Rica, Belize and maybe Panama(???) appear to be relatively safe and maybe are setting examples for non destructive use of Rain Forest. Optimistically if other countries also follow the examples too and similarly prosper from wise jungle use then maybe most Countries will soon conform. Nature Conservation in parts of what we arrogantly call the "Third World" may yet show the wise First World the way they should have gone before. Indeed major blame for human destruction of the natural environment obviously lies not at the doors of Third World Countries but with the major "role model" leaders in the FIRST WORLD with the greatest clout, noise and greed and the least understanding of history and criminal lack of vision and global care.

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