A Crisis in Madagascar

How long can the planet survive like this? Seriously. We act like we just own this planet.

Why does it seem like we’re trying to create some dystopian hellscape of a planet as fast as we

possibly can? Maybe, just maybe, working with the planet synergistically and sustainably could

be even more beneficial than just destroying it for quick economic value. Let’s look at

Madagascar. Instead of working to create any kind of sustainable system to support farming and

lumber exports, people have just decided to chop down forests without a second thought. We

can’t just keep cutting down trees whenever we feel like it. People think they can just cut down

all these trees for farming and wood with no

problem. But there is a problem; there’s only so

many trees, and they don’t grow back so fast. And

those forests we keep cutting down – stuff lives in

there. “But what about the money from farming and

lumber? They really need it!”. Let me tell you why

that’s wrong. What if I told you that a place like Madagascar could make even more money off

of conserving the forests. Forests produce tons of food with all the fruit and animals that live in

it. And how is a place like Madagascar going to attract tourism if entire forests are crushed to

make room for rice farms? A full cost-benefit analysis of forest clearing vs. forest maintenance

clearly shows that Madagascar would benefit far, far more from sustainable practices. So at the

end of the day, there’s more money in keeping the forests, instead of brutally destroying a

completely unique ecosystem.

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