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shipshapeshump t1_j5p8ks1 wrote

Reply to comment by Acceptable-Village95 in Brazil's Lula appoints Indigenous ministers to reverse Amazon deforestation by loggiews

The world is fine. Trees grow back. most of the oxygen doesn't come from trees, it comes from the ocean. Brazil needs a flourishing economy too. The world is not a reserve in case the developed nations fuck up and need to run and hide somewhere after all.

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Redshift_1 t1_j5ps4dc wrote

Overall, the trees have been cut faster than they’ve grown. In 1950, about 15% of earths land was covered by rainforests. Today, it’s less than half that.

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