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Forgive Us Our Debts

No, I don't wear a white bracelet, and I never even tried to attend a Live8 concert. But I work for a Montana organization that has been trying to protect the environment, work for sustainable development, and press for good governance for the past 33 years. Our members know that an economically viable ranch is less likely to be subdivided than one that is struggling to stay afloat. We know that communities struggling to survive are more likely to be targeted for exploitive development than communities that thrive. I know there are other groups in other parts of the U.S. that organize at the grassroots level and work on very similar issues. Obviously, locally-based organizations like these are simply not on the author's radar screen when he generalizes that conservation groups don't address poverty and development issues. Overlooking the good work of groups like these is, sadly, very common when writers try to generalize about what the conservation movement is all about.
Steve PaulsonOn Why aren't conservationists fighting poverty? posted 4 years, 3 months ago 23 Responses