Comments on: Deforestation and poverty

By: brazilianreader

brazilianreader — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:55:20 +0000

Mr. Mohamad Khan is correct. The Amazon region inside Brazilian boundaries, what we Brazilians call ¨Amazonia Legal¨, is also our hope to solve the problem
of water suply to the northeastern of Brazil. The density of the population is quite higher in the northeastern region and distribution of potable water is critical there. In the ¨Amazonia Legal¨ the density of population is very low and there is abundance of potable water.

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By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:41:17 +0000

You got this entire Brazilian experience wrong Mr. Khan. I suggest you do your research. Brazil had a plan when they were transfering their forest into farms. If you are closely following the presidential debate in the US you would realise that Brazil’s policy has bourne good fruit. Reacting to the high cost of fuel, US policy experts are considering Brazil’s strategy to self sufficiency in fuel. Don’t just follow the basic news casts, check out the related human interest stories. Go to CNN and check out Brazil.

Brazil is the only country in the world which can take care of itself if the world supply of fuel dries up. How did they do it? By converting vast sugar cane crops into bio-fuel. They went against the fear mongering of the environmentalists and now they are considered role models and are completely self sufficient in energy.

Guyana needs to take a page out of this play book.

By: rupman

rupman — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:44:02 +0000

In Guyana, if the government should offer tangible asssistance to farmers to till the infertile areas such as savannas then less farmining would be done in the forests.
As it is at present, farming is done mostly in the forests because the land is more fertile and costs les to produce more.