The situation feels hopeless until the Brazilian government makes a sweeping effort to preserve the Amazon and that it's laws are fully enforced.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?location...
US also sucks compared to EU so being first world country is not an excuse.
If respect isnt there, its corruption
If respect is there, its the law
Whether you're strip mining the earth's resources, stripping away the wealth of the nation, subverting the moral/political culture or simply just amassing ill-gotten gains, corruption is the proven method.
Its just that the observation goes both ways
The idea that rule of law basically doesn't exist and isn't the method of choice in perpetuating a circumstance in "these other corrupt countries" is overly broad and often inaccurate
It's very cheap, although the paperwork is both expensive and time-consuming.