Re: [2019-09-05] Rainforest to Use Crypto and Blockchain Tech for Amazon Charity
They should first focus on getting rid of the leaders in their government that are slapping away the help that was provided for the fire fighting efforts that was needed in the Amazon. 
The Amazon rain forest provides a large percentage of the world's oxygen and this makes this a global treasure that needs to be protected from corrupt governments.
Educating the local farmers and rewarding them for not burning and cutting down the trees will not be effective, because the funds will eventually dry up and then they will just burn it again.
Implement strict penalties for people who are clearing areas for farming without permits and you will see a more regulated "burning" of the forest.
The Amazon rain forest provides a large percentage of the world's oxygen and this makes this a global treasure that needs to be protected from corrupt governments. Educating the local farmers and rewarding them for not burning and cutting down the trees will not be effective, because the funds will eventually dry up and then they will just burn it again.
Implement strict penalties for people who are clearing areas for farming without permits and you will see a more regulated "burning" of the forest.
It is not the small-scale farmers who are responsible for this. They are mostly settling in already cleared areas, where most of the vegetation is already cut down. On the other hand, it is the large agribusiness lobbies (with direct links to president Bolsonaro), who are destroying the rain forest. They cut down hundreds of thousands of virgin forest in one go. And their feel emboldened by the statements of Bolsonaro, who views the forest as the biggest obstacle to his "development plans".