Help the Environment, Help the Economy
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Otto Soemarwoto*)
Want to improve the economy? Be friendly to the environment. What a silly idea, it's more expensive, you say. But wait, let's review the facts and reconsider: Is it really expensive? Our forests are fast disappearing. What's left is mostly heavily damaged. The dry season always brings forest fires, climaxing in the El Niño years. Soil is eroded at a fast rate. Rainy season floods and dry season droughts |
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