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This is my article for this week's topic - Tragedy of the Commons/Public Access The article above relates to green economy and the government's actions pertain to sustaining the value of forests.  My write-up can be viewed here: https://pamojaeducation-com.campuspack.eu/Groups/13.Y2.ST.ODP.MAY.ECON.SL.A/Nattanopthorns_Economics_Blog/2014/01/15-2_-_Tragedy_of_the - Bee

The following article talks about how 2 local environmental activists Zé Cláudio Ribeiro and his wife Maria do Espirito Santo were shot outside their house by illegal loggers who were upset with them protecting the rainforest. On the same day that they were killed Brazil passed a new law making it easier for loggers, cattle farmers etc. to cut down parts of the rainforest reducing Brazil's Commons.

This talks about Indian farming areas that are turned into housing plots

"Collective community-based rights could put the world's fisheries on a sustainable footing after decades of over-exploitation, an expert suggests."

The population growth is affecting the environment globally.