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Welcome to the Amistad Art Prize 2012 offered for the best art piece inspired by the “Plight of the World’s Rainforests”.
-Supporting 3 different environmental projects
-The artist makes 40% of the bid received for the piece in the auction
-Social responsibility and exposure
The Problem
Deforestation in Costa Rica has a serious impact on the environment and directly or indirectly contributes to flooding, desertification, and sedimentation in rivers, loss of wildlife diversity, and the obvious sheer loss of timber. Since the end of World War II, approximately 80% of the forests of Costa Rica have disappeared. Approximately 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of land are deforested annually; in the 1990s the country had one of the worst deforestation rates in Central America.
The Solution
Environmental issues are too important to have to rely on charity, philanthropy and government handouts of taxpayers’ money. If the environment is truly as valuable as we make it out to be then it should be a powerful economic force. It should generate wealth in its own right. It can be an “industry” that generates its own means of employment. Sustainability can stand on its own two feet and contribute to vibrant economies and communities. A number of environmental organizations are already being successful in earning their living directly by bringing tangible value to people and organizations. We need more to follow their lead.
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