Nature

Should countries be fined for destroying rainforests?

For

It creates global pressure to stop environmental harm.

Against

Some nations rely on forest resources for economic survival.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • a country has no rights, by international law and on a human level, to negatively affect everyone.
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  • That forest is all that is stopping Brazil from becoming a desert. Destroying it is destroying Brazil itself.
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Against

  • where in the world does any country not get to sacrifice its natural resources for their own personal gain?
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  • Gotta think green/ carbon credits would be a more effective solution than sanctions and war
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