Industrialized countries view the world as a giant market.
Indigenous communities, on the other hand, have traditionally lived harmoniously within their ecosystems, using the biodiversity of the forests sustainably, and allowing developed countries free access to forest resources. This unjust Northern monopolization of developing country crops, and potentially the global food supply, must be stopped. Developing countries, and particularly indigenous forest people, should be compensated both for preserving biodiversity and for the resources they provide to the first world. Industrialized countries must assist in this preservation both by transferring finances and biotechnology to the south and by reducing their consumption of material goods.