5k$/kg not that bad. I don't see what's "barbaric" there. Very ecological in my view. And no need to restore, the trees do it by themselves!!!
The advantage of legalization is that it bring state security (no more gangs to pay for "protection" even if the mining is poor.
Anyway if you have more lucrative sources of income for the locals, they seem more than willing to work...
I think we have narrowed down 80% of world problems in this sentence xD
Yeah sure, cutting down a whole forest is ecological, and don't worry they just grow back by themselves. You got nothing to do it's just natural...
The ecosystem? The what? What's that shit? Bah don't worry it's easy the trees will grow back.