The dilemma between prosperity and preservation is false. Reforestation experiences, as well as the development of new fibers in the Amazon for the fashion industry, generate income, jobs and taxes while maintaining and expanding the forest.
Earth News Terra proposes a paradigm shift: the 30 million Brazilians who live in the Amazon and their desire for prosperity are not a problem. They are the solution, as long as we know how to take advantage of their knowledge of the forest and explore it with intelligence.
Documentary filmmaker and photographer Adriano Gambarini, who has been for almost 30 days on expeditions in the Amazon, where he has worked for 27 years, describes his feelings and perceptions in the face of the murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips. His article is pure poetry, a declaration of love for the Amazon and a message of hope.
The investigations and the confession suggest that the killers are illegal arapaima fishermen. Illegal fishing is not an unavoidable problem, as demonstrated by experiences of sustainable arapaima management in the Amazon.
Our starting point is that the forest and other Brazilian and world biomes can produce more wealth if preserved than destroyed. But ir order to achieve that, it is first necessary to listen to those who know nature better than anyone else: the people who traditionally live there.
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