January 14, 2000
Why a Prime Model for Saving Rain Forests Is a Failure
In the last 20 years, the size of tropical rain forests -- and the number of animals in them -- has declined drastically, although money for conserving those forests has become more plentiful. We have made protecting the forests an international priority, but we are not doing a good job of it.
The problem is that many conservationists have embraced the goal of sustainable development, which is badly defined and may well be unworkable. Economic growth -- a
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