Put Out the Dung FiresThis is an engrossing article by Fred Guterl (With Michael Hastings in New York) published in the Newsweek, International edition way back in September,02,2002. Interestingly he situation described then still holds true after two years.
There's been a growing consensus that no fix is going to work for long unless it takes into account the lives of the people who live on planet Earth--particularly the poorest among us. People cut forests because they need the wood; they fish because they need to eat (or else they sell their fishing rights because they need the money). Without a strategy that addresses people's behavior, the most well-intended policies won't work, and might even make things worse. http://www.keepmedia.com:/Register.do?oliID=225 |
