Comments on: Brazil: Do deforestation and elections mix? http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/01/brazil-do-deforestation-and-elections-mix/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:24:11 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Renata Avila http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/01/brazil-do-deforestation-and-elections-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-1521684 Renata Avila Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:42:26 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=50803#comment-1521684 Hi Deborah! I recently met a Brazilian biologist. She explained to me the important role bats play in the ecology of forests. from control of insects to nutrient recycling, and that for every bat up to 800 plants and trees will grow around the world! I was really amazed! Hi Deborah!

I recently met a Brazilian biologist. She explained to me the important role bats play in the ecology of forests. from control of insects to nutrient recycling, and that for every bat up to 800 plants and trees will grow around the world! I was really amazed!

]]> By: Juliana Rotich http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/01/brazil-do-deforestation-and-elections-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-1521059 Juliana Rotich Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:21:49 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=50803#comment-1521059 great article Deborah, looking forward to more. I second the congratulations, welcome to GV. Best, Juliana Rotich. great article Deborah, looking forward to more. I second the congratulations, welcome to GV.
Best,
Juliana Rotich.

]]> By: Stephen http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/01/brazil-do-deforestation-and-elections-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-1521039 Stephen Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:16:14 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=50803#comment-1521039 Lamentavelmente as políticas ambientais estão subordinadas a interesses eleitorais! Parabéns Deborah por seu excelente trabalho! Stephen Lamentavelmente as políticas ambientais estão subordinadas a interesses eleitorais!
Parabéns Deborah por seu excelente trabalho!
Stephen

]]> By: Lou Gold http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/01/brazil-do-deforestation-and-elections-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-1521035 Lou Gold Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:56:46 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=50803#comment-1521035 Congratulations Deborah. Parabéns! I'm an American (US) who loves forests and I have a special attachment for Amazônia. I'm very grateful to you for giving us a deeper view of the complexities and all the challenges -- social and political as well as ecological. I look forward to more insights from you. Thank you for the excellent job. Congratulations Deborah. Parabéns!

I’m an American (US) who loves forests and I have a special attachment for Amazônia. I’m very grateful to you for giving us a deeper view of the complexities and all the challenges — social and political as well as ecological.

I look forward to more insights from you. Thank you for the excellent job.

]]> By: Daniel Duende http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/01/brazil-do-deforestation-and-elections-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-1521021 Daniel Duende Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:04:10 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=50803#comment-1521021 By the way, congratulations for your great début at Global Voices, Deborah. Best wishes, Daniel Duende. By the way, congratulations for your great début at Global Voices, Deborah.

Best wishes,
Daniel Duende.

]]> By: Daniel Duende http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/01/brazil-do-deforestation-and-elections-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-1521020 Daniel Duende Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:03:18 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=50803#comment-1521020 The deforestation problem was always a social and political question in Brazil. Aside from the big corporations, always present in these cases, the major actors of Amazonian deforestation are usually people that had little choice, and sometimes work at the illegal logging business as their only chance for a reasonable life. By the other hand, it is very common for people to get stuck in these superficial analyses, and forget to connect the dots between social conflict, corruption and environmental problems in Brazil. In the same way some cabinet environmentalists forget that people have to earn a living somehow, some politicians and social activists forget (or fail to see) that the environment can't take any more abuse. It's the land of the half-blind. The deforestation problem was always a social and political question in Brazil. Aside from the big corporations, always present in these cases, the major actors of Amazonian deforestation are usually people that had little choice, and sometimes work at the illegal logging business as their only chance for a reasonable life. By the other hand, it is very common for people to get stuck in these superficial analyses, and forget to connect the dots between social conflict, corruption and environmental problems in Brazil. In the same way some cabinet environmentalists forget that people have to earn a living somehow, some politicians and social activists forget (or fail to see) that the environment can’t take any more abuse. It’s the land of the half-blind.

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