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‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net to c/treehuggers@slrpnk.net

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32029789

All Amazonian countries are trying to reduce deforestation. That is wonderful, but then what to do to combat organised crime? They control a $280bn business – drug trafficking, wildlife trafficking, people trafficking, illegal logging, illegal gold mining, illegal land grabbing. It is all connected. And these gangs are at war with the governments. That’s one of the main reasons I’m becoming concerned because I know reducing deforestation is doable, so is forestry restoration. But how to combat organised crime?

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[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

From what I've heard from people in the Amazon, the cocaine mafia people don't like the cow people and will stop them from advancing further into the jungle in some areas (where the cocaine people presumably have their operations), so in a way, they actually reduce overall deforestation, even as they themselves do cut down areas of the forest for coca plantations and gold mining and such. They'll need to stop doing that stuff at some point.

If anyone would be interested in assisting reforestation efforts in the Amazon or elsewhere, that would be cool. Protecting Borneo and southern Cameroon from palm oil expansion would probably be a good idea too.