Once people are settled in the forest, it is almost impossible to move them. However, it is really hard to implement a productive activity in the forest without any environmental impact. The question is which activity gives more benefit in terms of sustainable development, considering acceptable impacts. Few people are against the use of the Amazon, but it must be in a right way, implementing sustainable practices, signing and honoring agreements with the local people. Governments should develop policies to support and give assistance to poor people in their home places in order to stop migration to the Amazon.
Extinction is forever.
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