World's wilderness reduced by a tenth since 1990s

[saddampbuh]

...to make way for more blacks and their mud huts

how about our governments do something to limit the third world population instead of fucking about with petrol and airport taxes

A tenth of the world's wilderness has vanished in the past two decades, research shows.

New maps show "alarming losses" of pristine landscapes, particularly in South America and Africa, according to World Conservation Society scientists.

They argue in Current Biology that wild areas are ignored in international conservation agreements, despite their ecological and cultural value.

About 20% of the world's land area is classed as wilderness.

By this, scientists mean landscapes free of large-scale human disturbances such as housing, development and industry.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37307519

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[poptok1]

You really think that forest are being cut just for poor people to have a place for a new wooden hut? This is nonsense pall. Most of the wild areas are being exploited for rare and valuable wood/three species. Export/import of these, will tell you who is actually responsible for wilderness shrinking.
Second thing is coffee, majority of 3rd world country's that can support coffee plants is under "attack" of illegal coffee plantations and those are a major factor of deforestation.

Its not the poor peoples fault, its the western consumptionism.

[countryfree]

You should compare the population of giraffes and men in Kenya during the last 100 years. It's alarming, but the same thing has already happened in Europe. There used to be wild boars, wolves and bears all over Europe. They're all gone.

[MadHatZ]

Just leave them alone. It's there right to reproduce. Just don't take their precious metals, oil, minerals etc. Just leave them on their own. But don't make them move on other continent. Eventually, nature has the best solution to over population.

[Spoetnik]

I see two issues.. Western Consumption (or 1st world Nation consumption)

2nd of all is we have "rising* countries / nations / regions.
We have them watching us in Canada and thinking we want what they have !
So who are we to say we can live in Luxury while you live in mud hut ?

I worked for Value Village around 2005 and i had to unload the bailer/compacter when it was full of clothes that were pulled off the store floor daily that did not sell.
Every single day.. all day we produced 1,000 lb bails of clothing.
I was the only staff member who used the forklift aside from a supervisor and a manager.
So i had to load all those bails on to Rigs with long trailers.
Where did the shit go ?
I was told Africa !

I also seen on TV the African clothing markets where they sell the shit to each other.

So at some point these other countries are going to get sick of "hand me downs"

Look at Google or Facebook etc.. they are working over-time to bring Internet access to various places.

I don't blame them so much for over-population but that does concern me a little.
I blame ALL OF HUMANITY !

We are nothing but a disease.
We are maggots breeding rapidly on a spinning lump of rotting shit we call earth.
It's spiraling out of control gradually.

Check this out from PBS (The Current Mass Extinction)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/03/2/l_032_04.html
One part of it points out how the population will double in something like 45 years.
That is fucking nuts and we are deep shit fast !

Another part of the problem is the decimation of wild life plant & animals.
We need to make a corridor for the animals to migrate north & south on North America.
Or they get trapped in regions then die off.

We are just seeing now that the importance of animals and trees etc are important.
Bee's for example are dying off and are needed for a lot of crops.

[Masha Sha]

watch in satellite image the us... It's a plantation. Compensation by the us regime. They behave like in avatar.

Then look at pictures from the 90 and today... Breeding like rabbits has consequences. It's always easy to fight big animals and take their places... They don't evolve fast enough and don't have enough reproductive capacity... However in the extra small life... A few trillions individuals is nothing big... Then with even a very small rate of mutuation (accelerated by toxicity)... One hit, and many quadrillions individuals can raise faster than they can even be perceived.

Where do virus come from? Bacteries are already very complex beings...

[saddampbuh]

So who are we to say we can live in Luxury while you live in mud hut ?

they too could live at a higher standard if their populations were brought down to 1950s levels

for every one that gets out of poverty several more are born and kept alive to further pollute the earth with their own progeny by sjw westerners who provide them free food and medicine with no end in sight

[ObscureBean]

Haha that one made me chuckle.  First you were like the West needs to send immigrants back to their countries. Now it seems that's not enough, you would rather they didn't reproduce in their own countries either
You've cut down all the trees in your city to make room for buildings and now you miss the greenery but at the same time you don't want to give up your modern comfort. So your solution is to force third world countries to keep their forests so you can still enjoy nature on the National Geographic channel? the nerve!  

[saddampbuh]

Haha that one made me chuckle.  First you were like the West needs to send immigrants back to their countries. Now it seems that's not enough, you would rather they didn't reproduce in their own countries either
You've cut down all the trees in your city to make room for buildings and now you miss the greenery but at the same time you don't want to give up your modern comfort. So your solution is to force third world countries to keep their forests so you can still enjoy nature on the National Geographic channel? the nerve!  

we are having children at the rate of 1.5 per female so why can't the muds? white countries' populations are in decline and we have plenty of greenery left, on the other hand 100% of pollution increase during this century is going to be driven by third world population growth

all population growth in developed countries is also immigrant driven and since those immigrants automatically acquire first world lifestyles the moment they touch down does it not stand to reason that sending them back would help the environment?

[Xester]

It seems that you are thinking that it is all because of the African tribes who caused the reducement of wilderness.  How about those rich people who are not concern of anything even a tree but to just fatten their pocket.  They cut trees, flatten mountains to just build resorts, leisure parks, malls, and subdivisions.

[PremiumCodeX]

I think, proper education and a balance in power help people in charge realize how important wilderness is for us, humans and how we still have not found a solution to replace all the gifts that it provides to people.

[designerusa]

You should compare the population of giraffes and men in Kenya during the last 100 years. It's alarming, but the same thing has already happened in Europe. There used to be wild boars, wolves and bears all over Europe. They're all gone.

i completely agree with you. Some species are in danger with an alarming rate . For that reason, we should preserve their natural habitat for their sake. Somethings must change immediately.

[The_Dark_Knight]

...to make way for more blacks and their mud huts

how about our governments do something to limit the third world population instead of fucking about with petrol and airport taxes

A tenth of the world's wilderness has vanished in the past two decades, research shows.

New maps show "alarming losses" of pristine landscapes, particularly in South America and Africa, according to World Conservation Society scientists.

They argue in Current Biology that wild areas are ignored in international conservation agreements, despite their ecological and cultural value.

About 20% of the world's land area is classed as wilderness.

By this, scientists mean landscapes free of large-scale human disturbances such as housing, development and industry.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37307519

They are not the problem, a significant amount of poor persons are self-sustaining, that basically means that although they don’t live in luxury they produce enough to sustain themselves and their families, the problem is overconsumption and complete lack of respect for nature

[Spoetnik]

Haha that one made me chuckle.  First you were like the West needs to send immigrants back to their countries. Now it seems that's not enough, you would rather they didn't reproduce in their own countries either
You've cut down all the trees in your city to make room for buildings and now you miss the greenery but at the same time you don't want to give up your modern comfort. So your solution is to force third world countries to keep their forests so you can still enjoy nature on the National Geographic channel? the nerve!  

LOL well said !
That was pretty much what i was thinking but you said it so much better hahahah  

@The_Dark_Knight
Agreed.
Look at Papua New Guinea the tribes live in the Rain Forests and work with the land fine farming etc.

I just don't get why some people CHOOSE to live in dumb places.
Whether it's a 3rd world country with no water so they can't do any farming..
Or dumb Americans who live in Tornado alley or worse build Levy's in New Orleans LOL
There will be a flood and there will be more Tornado's.. call National Emergency then put your hand out ?

This is why i moved off of living on Vancouver Island.. in Canada.
It's nice enough but it is prone to Earthquakes..
And Islands are known for getting Tsunami's so.. fuck that shit LOL
Live on the Ring of Fire ?
Smarten up idiots !
I am looking at you Japan building Nuclear plants on fault lines on the ocean edge.

If you look at seismic reports the Ring-Of-Fire on Earth is angry and ramping up big time.
West coast of USA is going to get a savage beating and soon.. prepared ? of course not.
Hell i live in the middle of BC / CAN and it's quiet zone mostly and we got a 4.2 rattling our ass at 9:16 am today.

[botija]

I can't imagine Africans living in mud huts within the environment, and probably eating things that they grow are reducing the world's wirderness. For some reason it just seems better for nature than building concrete buildings, with cars and roads. Op sounds like the type of person who if he was in power wouldn't care one bit about the Earth, and would be devising ways of exterminating those that he finds inferior. I could just imagine him reading that last sentence longing for such a power.

[gabmen]

You should compare the population of giraffes and men in Kenya during the last 100 years. It's alarming, but the same thing has already happened in Europe. There used to be wild boars, wolves and bears all over Europe. They're all gone.

i completely agree with you. Some species are in danger with an alarming rate . For that reason, we should preserve their natural habitat for their sake. Somethings must change immediately.

it's sad really. I don't think a lot of people are aware or even care about how serious this issue is and how this needs to be taken seriously. even now we are feeling the effects of what we do to nature and the scary thing is, with the pace things are going, it may actually be too late for some of us before we realize our faults

[Milkduds]

Its easy to sit back and judge people for the way they survive when you are having all the basic needs met.
The answer you dance around seems to be very narrow in thinking and achieves little but a racist talking point.

[A!]

Why other countries are dictating other countries? Who gives them the right to do so?

[virtualx]

Why other countries are dictating other countries? Who gives them the right to do so?

Economic and political interest mostly. They have the right because they have military and economic power. Countries do not have to obey the law they force onto their national citizens. There is no such thing as a "world law". You could say that countries make treaties with other countries, but Soviet Union and Nazi Germany also made treaties 

Ever since 6000 years ago countries have invaded other countries, stolen resources, sabotage companies. It's not a new development.