Destruction of natural environment has to be analyze in the context that people will do what they need to do to satisfy their immediate needs even at the cost of destruction of their environment. These actions, Agricultural production, equality, and environment protection have to be considered as a mean to enable poor to demand and control more of what they want. Interventions on the problem of rural development can be in form of plans, projects and programs. Plans don t have clear objectives and rarely have been implemented. Projects are normally made by NGOs, at a small geographic scale.
Programs cover more area, and are normally implemented by governments.
Examples of the last are programs of health like vaccinations, diffusion of fertilizers, etc. Examples are roads, phone lines, etc. For example the program in India of nutrition to assist the worst nourished. A problem of programs is that they are vulnerable to intercept by the powerful sector of society. Like loans that are meant for the poor are taken by their patrons.