Hi! My name is Eliza and I am interested in all things outdoors, especially hiking, paddleboarding and sleeping under the stars. That’s why I’m doing this; I care about what happens to our natural world. This is my first post, and I’m very excited about it. Hopefully you are too! Let’s get started.
Today I was looking through the site ecogeek, and I found a very interesting article entitled “Ecuador Ends Novel Plan to Save Rainforest”. It is an older article, but I would still like to address it. It explains how for several years the government in Ecuador had been asking other governments for money to aid them in preserving the Yasuni National Park, which comprises 3,972 square miles of land in eastern Ecuador. However, in 2013, Ecuador’s president announced that the program would be coming to an end. He stated that ending the program was one of the hardest decisions he had ever had to make, because they simply didn’t have enough money to preserve the land and help their people. This grand scale attempt to save the land didn’t work out, but the question is, should government be involved in preserving land, and should they be calling on other governments to aid them in this venture? Would it be simpler to have smaller organizations running these efforts? In my opinion, the government should be doing all it can to help preserve its nation’s environment with the funds that it has available. It’s unfortunate that the government in Ecuador was unable to keep the program going, but the fact that they were trying for as long as they did is admirable. If more countries worked together to do this we would have much more success preserving the natural beauty around us. What do you think?
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I really liked the topic you chose, as the dilemma of preservation is harder to make in developing countries such as Ecuador where funding is tighter than here in the US. The questions posed in the second half of the article were great and got me thinking about the issue more, but without clarity as to why the funds were not being secured or possible funding alternatives in the original Ecogeek article I had to do some outside research of my own.
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This is a very insightful outlook on the issue of environmental preservation. I’m glad to have finally found someone who shares my deep passion for the outdoors. I believe that the government should devote funds to preserving the environment and protecting the ecology within its borders.
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I agree with you on that the government should get involved with preserving the nature within boundaries. I also love the idea of uniting the world with one great cause and I believe that if we were to work together we would be able to save the Earth and it’s creatures that dwell on it.
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Hey! I totally agree, the government should be doing all they can with their resources to help and preserve the environment. While larger countries may have issues prioritizing the money to that particular effort, all in all it would probably be more successful than small bureaucracies and organizations trying to cover all the ground and funds necessary.
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Protecting nature isn’t just the responsibility of one person or country. It is everyone’s responsibility. So, I agree with you that all the other nations should come together with Ecquador to protect the rainforest.
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I agree. The government should do what it can to preserve the land; however, if funding is tight, oftentimes there’s not a lot the government can do. I like your idea of smaller organizations taking care of what the government can’t.
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I completely agree with you. The government should be doing everything in it’s power to aid the environment. After all, without a thriving environment, the wants and needs that each of us have could not be met because humans are so reliant on resources that come from nature.
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