Thanks for sharing this link, Dave. Herman Daly has taught us that we simply cannot separate ecology from economics, because the economic system of any nation or of mankind as a whole is a subset of the ecology of that region or the planet as a whole. John Perkins paved the way for large-scale liquidation of natural capital, though he may not understand that aspect of his role. But one of the countries he worked in and spoke of in that interview is Ecuador, and Ecuador is struggling with that balance of preserving biodiversity while maintaining its economy. A very interesting development I heard about recently is discussed in a link I will share below -- some Ecuadorian politicians are making an offer to leave 900,000,000 barrels of oil in the ground in the Amazon region, thus preserving a treasure of biodiversity, if the world will help defray the sacrifice by paying the Ecuadorian people some of the value of the oil that they propose not to exploit.
Dave, I would not be surprised if your work on tropical forest falcons has taken you to that region. Can you provide any input on what is at stake in this issue? Here is the relevant link: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/052307EC.shtml Best regards, Stan Moore >Since American behavior so strongly affects the status of global = >biodiversity, I think this link discussing American methods in the world = >is appropriate to point out here. > >This interview with John Perkins is well worth reading or listening to: > >http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=3D07/06/05/149254<http://www.d= >emocracynow.org/article.pl?sid=3D07/06/05/149254> > >While some might consider this a political topic, I suggest it is a = >crucial investigation of one of the root causes of biotic = >impoverishment, not to mention a host of social ills around the world. > >Dave Whitacre _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazines 2007 editors choice for best Web mailaward-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507
