A Developing Country in Tropical Regions Is Likely to Have

question 4

Multiple Choice

A developing country in tropical regions is likely to have rainforest which could easily be overexploited for lumber, initially, and then converted to farms. How could this be prevented in a practical way?

• A) It can't. People will take short-term advantage of whatever resource they have.
• B) Simply make it illegal to log and provide social welfare to support people.
• C) Fence off as much of the rainforest as possible to keep people out.
• D) Wealthy countries can just buy up the forest and preserve it.
• E) Organize businesses to take advantage of interest in ecotourism in these unique and interesting habitats.

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