Congo Rainforest for Sale

This is not an article, but it did grab my attention:

One Response to
“Congo’s Rainforest for Sale”
April 19th, 2007 at 16:46 pm
stan:
Who the hell cares? Let them cut down the rainforest in Africa. The same is being done to the rainforest in South America, and all for profit. Thank you. Who the hell cares that people depend on the rainforest as the Guardian article pointed out? Who cares if the rainforests are “lungs of the planet”? Global warming is killing off the plankton in the oceans and these microscopic organisms supply most of the oxgen we breathe. Who the hell cares until we start choking for air?

This is basically a response to an article which speaks about American and European nations purchasing rainforests from the Congo. The companies from these nations gain land that is approximately the size of Great Britain and pay less than 20 million dollars for it; this is crazy. How can we even put a price on the environment, especially rainforests? They are vital to survival, yet we are willing to use them for economic gain. If we keep using up the rainforests, we will no longer need to worry about economic again because we will not exist. I know that I am being a little dramatic, but the way land is being used up today is unnecessary. The person who responded to this article "Stan" sarcastically poses the idea that the rainforests are not important because it is not like they help us survive. From what I gather, he says this because people take the rainforests for granted, and I absolutely agree.