Consider the issues involving the peoples of the Amazon River Basin region, who burn the forest so that they can have land to farm to make a living for themselves and their families. The burning and the deforestation have negative worldwide effects. But the people of the region point out that North Americans already have destroyed many of their own forest resources and have become prosperous, so is it fair that these North Americans now criticize the Amazon River Basin peoples, who are much less wealthy? Wealthy countries may also be contributing to the loss of the rainforest themselves because their citizens buy mahogany furniture that comes from trees grown in the Amazon River Basin. Discuss these issues.