Nelson Wong wrote: > > > The international communities have classified this incident as an > international environment disaster. Yet strangely the 'greenies' which have so > quick to condemn the forestry policies & management in this region have not > lifted a finger to help. We have yet to see anything or anyone from Greenpeace > or RAN coming to help to fight the fires. FYI, thousands are suffering & dying > from starvation in PNG due to El Nino. Where are the NGOs who were once so > 'concerned' about the natives & the forests of PNG? > Nelson Perhaps the more pertinant question is where are the timber and agricultural coporations responsibly for setting the fires? Do they not care about the health and well-being of the people of Indonesia, or are they only taking advantage of an extended El-Nino caused dry season in which to cheaply clear land for intensive (and very profitable) logging and agricultual operations? Not only have these large multinational corporations put literally millions of people at serious health risk, but in an effort to conceal their narcisism they have been busy placing the blame of the fires on the native people who "...lacking the appropriate understanding of the fire regimine and climatic change have allowed the fires to burn out of control." The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of the fires were intentionally set by large corporations hoping to clear as much land as possible, regardless of the externalities of their actions. The NGO's you chastise will be there, once again, to try and help Indonesia's indigenous peoples cope with the selflishness and greed of corporate opportunism. BD
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