Take for example the Amazon, reading an article on the BBC's website a few minutes ago the headlines state 'Amazon rainforest deforestation 'worst in 10 years', says Brazil' <https://bbc.in/2zq7fKi> Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brin a decade, according to official data. About 7,900 sq km (3,050 sq miles) of the world's largest rainforest was destroyed between August 2017 and July 2018 - an area roughly five the size of London.
“Because its [the Amazon's] vegetation continuously recycles carbon dioxide into oxygen, it has been described as the "Lungs of our Planet". About 20% of earth's oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest.” http://bit.ly/2P16NqD
Should they be put under sanctions by the international community and the United Nations?
The era we are now entering, the Anthropocene, promises to be an era with a high likelihood of conflict, triggered by many factors, climate change, energy security, sea level rise, water insecurity and massive refugee flows and massive ecosystem destruction.
The international community therefore, needs to strive to its ultimate extent to prevent the destruction of the Global Commons.
