Hello Samuel,
There was no text but your statement in the SANET message on the rainforest.
Secondly, you already had 99 signers, which means everyone that signs sends
the list on to Brazil.
The statement "The truth is that the soil in the Amazon forest is useless
without the
forest itself." I do not believe is factual. The same statement could be
said for any land taken out of forest or savanna, but in fact, it is the
manner in which the land is managed that either decreases or increases its
usefulness to humans and all life. Management of a rainforest climate
demands emulating the growth, death, decay rebirth the climate and geography
has dictated as creating stability for the regional environment. Any climate
and geography managed with patience and close observation can be made to
benefit and better all sectors of the ecology including humans. Without
question there are tradeoffs which degrade the quality of life for some
lifeforms? Our purpose must be to maintain all lifeforms in a healthy
environment.
Expansion of human use of the environment is the course of why we are all
here today. Certainly all citizens of Brazil should and must have a say, and
if possible an informed say, in how their land/water use should evolve. As
to the question of whether global citizens should have say in Brazilian
internal politics, I need more information. (Agricultural practices of the
Midwest since 1900 to date have changed the atmospheric carbon content of the
entire world. Perhaps, it is time for global citizens to call on State
legislatures and the Congress to bring the carbon level of the great plains
back to 3 to 4.5% or higher as it was at the turn of the last century.) I
imagine Brazilian citizens feel sovereign governments should be respected.
But where the line demarcating sovereignty melts into international common
interest is quite unclear. As a global citizen, I would like to know more
about the language and intent of the legislation before the Brazilian
legislature before making a decision to comment to the legislature. Can you
direct me to informative sources?
Best, Eric Kindberg
Ripplebrook Organic Growers
Fairfield, Iowa
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