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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Bigfoot: [QB] Natives do cause damage to the ecological systems of the topical climates but they aren't usually the ones who cut down the forest. They do often use dynamite in the streams to get an easy diner though. Cutting of the forests generally happens two ways. Either a company that sells specialty woods for export comes in with chainsaws OR more often, and much more tragically, it is the poor from the surrounding towns that cause the most damage. Those with nothing who move to the edge of the forest to cut out a little place to farm. They are ignored when only a few of them are there but once enough families move in and have cut a significant portion they are reported to the government. You see, these folks don't own the land they are farming. They are squatters. The local authority comes and chases them off the land. By this point many of the minerals have already been leached out of the soil due to poor farming techniques, erosion of the soil, and because the soil really isn't that rich anyway. That's one thing many folks don't know about the rainforests. In most area's the active soil is only a couple inches deep. Without the protection of the forest and the constant cycle of renewal it quickly becomes barren. Anyway, the soil is depleted and no knowledgeable farmer wants it. So the cattle barons of the area buy these great area's of land literally 'dirt cheap' and use them as grazing lands for their cattle. Eventually the land loses the ability to even support the grasses necessary to feed the cattle and the baron sends out people to look for a new squatter colony. Seen it firsthand. It's the same cycle we see everywhere. Those that have taking from those that have not all in the name of self interest without a care for the consequences. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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