This ^^! Most people do not appreciate what truly being poor is like. If the choice is development or preserving the rainforest, Brazilians deserve the right to choose for themselves
So I’m not sure what being truly poor has anything to do with this. This will be almost entirely about displacing the poor, poisoning their water, and rewarding corrupt cronies.
Illegal wood extraction doesn't only kill trees. Those criminals have historically killed citizens in order to prevent being caught.
That's a false dilemma, though. There is nothing preventing us Brazilians from choosing both things, apart from wacko politicians.