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		sgift on Dec 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 14 nations commit to protect oceans We tried this with Brazil. Result: They continued to remove forests and said "and if you don't pay anymore we will accelerate it". So, sounds good in theory, is not in good in practice.

triceratops on Dec 8, 2020 [–]

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