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Jason Hickel@jasonhickel.bsky.social |
This research shows that rich countries are responsible for massive deforestation embodied in their consumption. On a per capita basis, Canada is responsible for 15x more deforestation than China, the USA is responsible for 40x more deforestation than India, etc.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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ash
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but US backed NGO are more active in India saving forest
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Forests Forever
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cc @irishrainforest.bsky.social
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Claes Belfrage
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This data may not consider reforestation. Yet, reforestation cannot replace the ecological systems of old-growth forests and their related social relations. Sweden is interesting. Despite reforestation, old growth forests are being destroyed at a high rate. Also, young trees absorb much less CO2.
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Ted Pavlic (he/him/his)
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More evidence that apparent environmental Kuznets curves are illusory as conservation improvements within rich countries typically are only fueled by increased impact elsewhere. It's basically the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and a two Kuznets curve is a perpetual motion machine.
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