Just like mahogany
People tried to "protect" mahogany and with no buyers you could no longer sell it. But nothing stopped you from burning it all down and grazing cattle that you could sell to McDonalds.
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Do-gooder projects very often produce bad results.
Do-gooders are generally highly committed single issue activists who ignore all the surrounding factors and even deny any that counter their pet project.
I recently read an article (Natural History or Smithsonian) by a person who actually participated in a project to save the savanna in Africa. It was supposedly degraded by elephants, so more than 40,000 elephants were shot. The immediate effect was accelerated degradation of the savanna. Many other do-gooder projects have had similar results. |
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His name's Allan Savory
that's something he did many years ago. He gave a TED talk about it: Re: http://www.ted.com/t...imate_change.html
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Thanx
Sheesh - had to edit a single word - it's late - obviously past my bed time - even though it's an hour earlier than usual.
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Very interesting, Jake. Thanks!
Alex
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