How can we compensate Brazil for the benefit it's forest provides us?

Question

Are there any organizations that compensate Brazil and it's people for maintaining the rain forest?

I'm just curious because it has value to people as farmland, but it has value as well for it's environmental benefits. It seems only logical that there would be something out there that offers compensation for maintaining it. So if you know of any places please let me know.

Answer 1

i think it is a good idea to start compensate them for maintaining their forest. It will encourage more nations to protect and preserves their forests.

Even thought Brazil is a third world nations which have to use resources from the forest, the forest is still there to give us the very essential oxygen.

Without them, global warming would increase at a much higher rate. They are doing a much better job at reducing the global warming effect than some other developed nations who refuses to sign the Kyoto Protocol.

Even if they are not compensate, their effort to maintain such a large area of forest should at least be appreciated.

Deforestation is not entirely their fault. As long as there are demands from nations who don't have sufficient forest to provide wood for their market needs, Brazil will continue to cut down trees from their forest. Look at the furniture's around you and think, where does all these wood come from? Demands are created by the developed nations, they simple just try to meet the demands.

Please, don't accuse them for deforestation. They are not developed countries and they are trying hard to improve their lifestyle. You are lucky to be living in the developed country.

Answer 2

There is many things that they harvest from the jungle . But the plants decomposition is building their future fossil fuels in the delta of the Amazon.The jungle is so large man is like an flee exploring an elephant.

Answer 3

I don't think a nation should be compensated for maintaining their environment on check. each country is responsible for their boundaries. But there are organizations like UNESCO that encourage tourism to those preserved areas like the rain forest, to allow some income to enter the country, but everyday large amounts of acres of the rain forest are cut down illegally. Brazil has regulations but they're are not followed, so i don't see any compensation anytime soon.

Answer 4

Uhhhhh....NO!

They're a third world nation!  They don't maintain the rain forrest, they're extremely busy plowing it under and logging it!!!!