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Lawlessness Mars Amazon Dreams
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(Brazil)–Since he moved here four decades ago, [Carlito] has been responsible for clearing 100,000 hectares of trees across three states to make way for his cattle. . . . The fact is land in the Amazon rainforest is much more valuable with the trees cleared off it–whether this is to make way for cattle or crops–and nobody has yet come up with a viable economic incentive not to cut down trees. (BBC News [1], Friday)
A viable economic incentive: full private ownership and dropping of all trade barriers.
Who Is Destroying the World's Forests? [2] by Gregory F. Rehmke
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[1] BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7398342.stm
[2] Who Is Destroying the World's Forests?: http://www.fee.org/Publications/the-Freeman/article.asp?aid=3279
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