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		<title>Why Is Deforestation Allowed?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The practice of deforestation is obviously a contentious one, with no small number of people furious that it is allowed to happen. Yet, it is allowed to happen nonetheless and this happens despite the controversy and the anger that it provokes. The big question is “why?”. And the answer is not that difficult to find. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do We Lose With Deforestation?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We know, if we have been paying attention, that our planet has a wealth of natural resources that can be beneficial in many ways. What is less well-known is the extent to which this is the case. For example, the rainforest gives us 25% of the pharmaceutical products sold in the West. This sounds like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fable of the goose that laid the golden eggs is one that is often quoted when it comes to financial matters. If you have a resource that keeps on giving, then by taking care of it you will always have something to rely on. If you sell that thing for a lump sum, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Financial Truth About Deforestation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone raising concerns about deforestation is likely to find that people will try and shout them down with claims about “standing in the way of progress” and “not living in the real world” financially. But it is a little known fact that by keeping a thriving rainforest rather than taking what you can get from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Good Business Can Help The Rainforest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Business is often blamed for the mess that sometimes assaults the environment. Short-term thinking for a quick profit is often behind deforestation, as companies use the resources available at low prices to give them an easy boost. However, if business is done with the environment in mind, it can often be better for the planet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Government Role In Deforestation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The green movement in politics has had mixed success. In certain European countries such as Germany, it has often been strong enough to take seats in Parliament, and has been a partner in coalition governments. In France it has been a frequent presence in the legislature, and it recently took its first seat in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rainforest – A Celebrity Cause?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We as humans are very cynical people. We look at people doing something for the good of the planet, or of other people, and we question their motives. When it is someone in everyday life, we wonder what is in it for them. When it is a celebrity, we assume that they are doing it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Perils Of Short-Term Thinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the major reasons that deforestation happens is because it is very easy for companies to do it. As there is little financial cost involved in chopping down trees compared to other ways of sourcing raw materials, it continues to happen. But what is rarely confronted is the fact that if the rainforests were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facts About Deforestation – And How It Is Affecting Us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a little known fact that while once rainforests made up about 14% of the earth&#8217;s surface, the figure today is less than 6%. That means that over time, for mostly commercial reasons, we have lost more than half of the rainforests in the world – and if things continue at their present rate, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Pressure To Save Our Forests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is often tempting to refrain from highlighting environmental issues in a world where people are continually cynical about the value of environmental activism. When you stand to be mocked by people for caring about something, it can be very difficult to keep the battle going. This is why it is important that those with [...]]]></description>
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