Both the reading and the lecture are about the development of an international fund to be used to protect the world's forests from the increased pressure they facing. The author of the reading provides us with three examples of how this fund can be used. On the other side, the lecturer challenges these uses by providing us with the reasons why these uses are not the best.
First of all, the author suggests that the fund should be directed to protect the forest's agriculture. As it is mentioned this way will help government, landowners, and farmers in facing the deforesting pressure come from oil companies, logging industry, and property developers. This argument challenged by the lecturer. He says that forest agriculture is a destructive pressure itself. He further illustrates that farmers are under pressure to increase land productivity and to overcome this pressure they use fertilizers and insecticides. These products cause water pollution and they also run off the nutrition of the soil. As a result, directing fund in the agriculture field is not a good use of them.
second, the author contends that the use of this fund in stipending the local dwellers of the forest will be an ideal use. The article notes that this money will help the villagers to resist the conversion of their land to any destructive thing rather than a regular forest. Also will provide them with better education, health services, and nutritional aids. This will make them less tempted to leave the land or to destroy it. However, the lecturer rebates that by asserting that the money will not be directed in the right way, because the money will go to the landlords or the government, not the actual residents. As a result, there is no benefit will come on the dwellers to encourage them to protect the land from any inner or outer invasion. So this is not a good use of the money.
Finally, it is stated in the article that this fund can be used in establishing protected forest areas. The author establishes that these protected forests will maintain biodiversity as the people will not use them for their personal purposes like food or shelter. The lecturer, on the other hand, posits that even though with protected forests, human will maintain planting the commercially used plants, which will destroy the biodiversity.
Both the reading and the lecture are about the development of an international
fund
to be
used
to protect the world's
forests
from the increased
pressure
they facing
. The
author
of the reading provides us with three examples of how this
fund
can be
used
. On the other side, the
lecturer
challenges these
uses
by providing us with the reasons why these
uses
are not the best.
First of all
, the
author
suggests that the
fund
should
be directed
to protect the forest's agriculture. As it
is mentioned
this way will
help
government
, landowners, and farmers in facing the deforesting
pressure
come
from oil
companies
, logging industry, and property developers. This argument challenged by the
lecturer
. He says that
forest
agriculture is a destructive
pressure
itself. He
further
illustrates that farmers are under
pressure
to increase
land
productivity and to overcome this
pressure
they
use
fertilizers and insecticides. These products cause water
pollution and
they
also
run off the nutrition of the soil.
As a result
, directing
fund
in the agriculture field is not a
good
use
of them.
second
, the
author
contends that the
use
of this
fund
in
stipending
the local dwellers of the
forest
will be an ideal
use
. The article notes that this money will
help
the villagers to resist the conversion of their
land
to any destructive thing
rather
than a regular
forest
.
Also
will provide them with better education, health services, and nutritional aids. This will
make
them less tempted to
leave
the
land
or to
destroy
it.
However
, the
lecturer
rebates that by asserting that the money will not
be directed
in the right way,
because
the money will go to the landlords or the
government
, not the actual residents.
As a result
, there is no benefit will
come
on the dwellers to encourage them to protect the
land
from any inner or outer invasion.
So
this is not a
good
use
of the money.
Finally
, it
is stated
in the article that this
fund
can be
used
in establishing protected
forest
areas. The
author
establishes that these protected
forests
will maintain biodiversity as the
people
will not
use
them for their personal purposes like food or shelter. The
lecturer
,
on the other hand
, posits that
even though
with protected
forests
, human will maintain planting the
commercially
used
plants, which will
destroy
the biodiversity.