Rio+20 summit leaders 'must improve nature protection' (BBC)

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1. Will this effect the bill out of Brazil to reduce forest protection, thus habitat?

Bill In Brazilian Parliament Would Drastically Reduce Forest Protection - Nature

http://www.democraticunderground.com/112713787

There is the destruction of orangutans in Indonesia:

Outrage as palm oil companies exterminate hundreds of orangutans

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002574512

Indonesian court backs palm oil company over orangutans and carbon storage

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/indonesian-court-backs-palm-oil-company-over-orangutans-and-carbon-storage-20120403-1wau2.html

From the link at the OP:

"Nature is more important than money. Humanity can live without money, but we can't live without nature and the essential services it provides."

That is a start in thinking but I see nothing going after the monied interests that are the real cause of this. That is where this needs to be addressed. 'Development being sustainable' apparently means in the monetary sense for 'business as usual.'

As these areas are destroyed, there is no coming back for those species. We don't have time for talking, we need action. A conference is great, but who is going to change things on the ground. As the last link says, it was a hundred animals killed in Indonesia in just a few weeks and nothing is going to be done about it.

Thanks for the OP but I had to get that out there. In most of these cases, the benefits are not that great to the people living near these areas, in fact many people are being killed along with the animals. The profits go to global interests, like mining and agribusiness.