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<blockquote data-quote="farmerm" data-source="post: 6656415" data-attributes="member: 7195"><p>I didn't see all of this program, like many at times I wanted to throw a brick at the TV! </p><p></p><p>One bit that annoyed me regards the expansion of farms into the Amazon.... "its such a large area it is too hard to police" No it isn't hard to police it really isn't! It would be very easy to police if the Brazilian government had the will to do so. The government could draw a line in the sand and say no more. These farmers are not ghosts, they can not sneak in to the rainforest, fell an area, grow a crop of grass, graze it off and slip back out over the course of a couple of days... The government could simply seize cattle and property on illegally occupied land, rip up paddocks and demolish illegal infrastructure. Of course they won't do this because Brazil needs to grow its economy, any Brazilian government that attempt to enforce environmental protection would soon be unelected. I suspect some in the Brazilian government also realise that the more forest they clear now, the more the rest of the world will be willing to invest in Brazil though carbon credits and re-forrestation schemes, hence the current rapid rate of felling.</p><p></p><p>The uncomfortable truth is production of any goods, be it meat or otherwise has an impact on natural resources and the environment. Clearly I believe British produce is much better in that regard that production in other territories and we should use this to drive consumer behaviour towards consuming domestically produced meat…. Ultimately I can not see how human population and economies can continue to grow indefinitely. At some point we will fundamentally exceed the planets ability to provide sufficient resources and exceed its ability to absorb the environmental impact. </p><p></p><p>World population is growing at over 1%, that means during the next 50 years (ie during my lifetime if I make it a little over the average UK lifespan) would population is set to increase by another 50%, if my children have children the world population in their lifetime will be double what it is today. Without some fundamental changes to have we all live and eat that seems like a pretty bleak prospect.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]845807[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerm, post: 6656415, member: 7195"] I didn't see all of this program, like many at times I wanted to throw a brick at the TV! One bit that annoyed me regards the expansion of farms into the Amazon.... "its such a large area it is too hard to police" No it isn't hard to police it really isn't! It would be very easy to police if the Brazilian government had the will to do so. The government could draw a line in the sand and say no more. These farmers are not ghosts, they can not sneak in to the rainforest, fell an area, grow a crop of grass, graze it off and slip back out over the course of a couple of days... The government could simply seize cattle and property on illegally occupied land, rip up paddocks and demolish illegal infrastructure. Of course they won't do this because Brazil needs to grow its economy, any Brazilian government that attempt to enforce environmental protection would soon be unelected. I suspect some in the Brazilian government also realise that the more forest they clear now, the more the rest of the world will be willing to invest in Brazil though carbon credits and re-forrestation schemes, hence the current rapid rate of felling. The uncomfortable truth is production of any goods, be it meat or otherwise has an impact on natural resources and the environment. Clearly I believe British produce is much better in that regard that production in other territories and we should use this to drive consumer behaviour towards consuming domestically produced meat…. Ultimately I can not see how human population and economies can continue to grow indefinitely. At some point we will fundamentally exceed the planets ability to provide sufficient resources and exceed its ability to absorb the environmental impact. World population is growing at over 1%, that means during the next 50 years (ie during my lifetime if I make it a little over the average UK lifespan) would population is set to increase by another 50%, if my children have children the world population in their lifetime will be double what it is today. Without some fundamental changes to have we all live and eat that seems like a pretty bleak prospect. [ATTACH type="full" alt="845807"]845807[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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