Sorry, this isn't what everyone wanted to read today I'm sure. Anyway, the Brazilian government plans to auction off its rain forests to logging companies in hopes of squashing illegal logging operations, stemming the destruction of the rain forests, and making some money. Here's how it works:
Right now, the Brazilian government only sells about 370,000 acres of rain forests to loggers. This isn't enough to meet demand so illegal operations practice slash and burn tactics and destroy way more rain forest (in a way more destructive manner) than can regenerate. As of now, slash and burn tactics have destroyed over 20% of the planet's rain forests. F**K.
To mitigate this destruction, the government wants to up its logging concessions to 2.47 million acres by year end and 27 million in the next several years. Yes, that's a lot - roughly the size of Virginia - but apparently it's by a means and at a rate that will allow the rain forest to regenerate.
I guess what I'm saying is, don't print these blog posts to read on your commute home, as much as you'd probably like to.
*From Fast Company
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