How to Profit by Saving the Amazon Rainforest
- Episode aired Oct 29, 2018
- 9m
Which is a better use of the Amazon; logging, cattle farming, or harvesting indigenous fruits. A 1989 research paper looked at this question and found that first year, logging is more profit... Read allWhich is a better use of the Amazon; logging, cattle farming, or harvesting indigenous fruits. A 1989 research paper looked at this question and found that first year, logging is more profitable. But logging is not sustainable. By year two harvesting indigenous fruits wins out an... Read allWhich is a better use of the Amazon; logging, cattle farming, or harvesting indigenous fruits. A 1989 research paper looked at this question and found that first year, logging is more profitable. But logging is not sustainable. By year two harvesting indigenous fruits wins out and by far surpasses the profitability of raising livestock.