Ask the agoutis to leave the sheet. Fold the sheet in half. They clear part of the forest to build houses and plant crops, leaving less space and resources for all the agoutis. A road is built and more people come in. They clear more of the forest.
Gold is discovered in the rivers.
Suddenly the rivers are filled with large machinery and gold miners. A banana plantation is established. The pesticide run-off poisons part of the agoutis water supply. Despite attempts at government regulation, large logging companies come in and illegally clear-cut parts of the forest for the valuable hardwoods that grow there. With so many more people on the Peninsula, waste disposal is becoming a problem.