No doubt I did not express myself clearly for you to take that...

No doubt I did not express myself clearly for you to take that implication from my post, so let me try and re-express it: conservation is an economic luxury, so bring on wealth in Brazil to help save the environment
....and while you are so vigorous to defend good mining practice in Australia,there are many cases of mine related ground water contamination, let alone what happened with fracking.At least once the mistakes are made,often unintentionally, we have the where-with-all to do something about it.

You said: "Kick out them gold miners..
Given the choice, I refer to support hippies living in the Amazon rain forest any day"

Perhaps you are missing the big picture? That's right,hippies need support.Don't see them building schools and health centres.

BTW : BBX has stated its full intention to comply with all environmental licences.