Jack McGillivray, Chapter 1, Question 3

A specific issue that Wheelan brings up is the deforestation of the rainforests.  To the people who are actually doing the deforestation they don't see the rainforest as some great fragile ecosystem that they are ruining, they see it as there only way to make a paycheck. In the western world it is often easy to focus only on what is happening and forget about the plight of the people who live there. For these people the rainforest is the only way to put food on the table. Wheelan proposes that we pay the these locals or the government of the country so that the deforestation can stop. I think that this is a good idea, I am unsure as to how well it will work, but I can't think of anything better myself.  Considering the corruptness of many third world countries any money sent to stop deforestation has a better chance of ending up in government coffers than getting to the people it was intended for.