The Economist Tuesday October 11th 2011
This house believes that untouched wildernesses have a value beyond the resources and other utility that can be extracted from them.
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Defending the motion
Against the motionLee Lane
Economic development in the most vulnerable countries will be vital in building their capacity to lessen harm and cope with that which cannot be avoided. Trying to deprive these threatened states of access to their own forest and other natural resources is hardly a plausible way of helping them meet the coming challenges, and they are likely to subvert such efforts.
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Wilderness
This house believes that untouched wildernesses have a value beyond the resources and other utility that can be extracted from them.
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John Sauven UK
To suggest that action to protect rainforests from further exploitation or campaigning to reduce our dependency on oil by opposing exploitation of theArctic "would consign a non-trivial share of the world's people to continuing or increased poverty" is simply wrong. Far more likely to consign these communities to poverty is the rapid rise in temperatures caused by our addiction to fossil fuels and by deforestation.
To suggest that action to protect rainforests from further exploitation or campaigning to reduce our dependency on oil by opposing exploitation of the
Against the motion
Economic development in the most vulnerable countries will be vital in building their capacity to lessen harm and cope with that which cannot be avoided. Trying to deprive these threatened states of access to their own forest and other natural resources is hardly a plausible way of helping them meet the coming challenges, and they are likely to subvert such efforts.
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William G. Coleman wrote:
Dear Sir,
Wild lands are the source of what is known as wild net primary productivity, or WNPP. This is where the combination of animal & plant species, intact within their native communities, produce the greatest measure of uninterrupted ecosystem services that are the foundation for all economic productivity.
The untouched wild ecosystem is like a factory producing fundamental goods & services to support economies locally, regionally, even globally.
There is measurable, high economic value in clean air & water, waste reduction & recycling, and of eco-services like pollination, erosion control and aquifer recharge stemming from protection of wilderness and similarly wild natural areas.
Not only do we need to protect every remaining wild area, but we need to build back WNPP as rapidly as possible in order to avoid the worst effects of cascading global change.
Thank you.
William G. Coleman wrote:
Dear Sir,
Wild lands are the source of what is known as wild net primary productivity, or WNPP. This is where the combination of animal & plant species, intact within their native communities, produce the greatest measure of uninterrupted ecosystem services that are the foundation for all economic productivity.
The untouched wild ecosystem is like a factory producing fundamental goods & services to support economies locally, regionally, even globally.
There is measurable, high economic value in clean air & water, waste reduction & recycling, and of eco-services like pollination, erosion control and aquifer recharge stemming from protection of wilderness and similarly wild natural areas.
Not only do we need to protect every remaining wild area, but we need to build back WNPP as rapidly as possible in order to avoid the worst effects of cascading global change.
Thank you.
The eco system is way out of balance. I am afraid that the clima changes happens fatser than many think and it is a treat to the world. Hop thing s solve out.
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Mr. Bredbånd