Yep, it's possible to argue completely incorrect things.
Actually it is quite the reverse, environmental damage in colder area takes much longer to recover.
Earth is mostly uninhabited anyways, we can go at it!
It is true that these colder areas have less biodiversity. It feels like a simplified nature, less species to learn to get an overview of what you're likely to find. It's still a long list of course..
As one could argue that the earth is flat and nothing is real.