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> [You either keep the forest standing, which takes jobs away from indigenous people who need to feed themselves, or you cut down the trees, which affects the climate. In the long term, you have to protect the forest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-eliasch/you-either-keep-the-forest-standing-which-takes-jobs-away-from/)

[Johan Eliasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-eliasch/)

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## More by Johan Eliasch

> [With climate change, we are living on borrowed time. If we do not address these issues today, it is going to be much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-eliasch/with-climate-change-we-are-living-on-borrowed-time-if-we-do-not/)

[Johan Eliasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-eliasch/)

> [I am just a person who adores trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-eliasch/i-am-just-a-person-who-adores-trees/)

[Johan Eliasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-eliasch/)

> [The Swedish winters and summers hold the most enduring memories for me. Now, when I am back in Stockholm in November, it is difficult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-eliasch/the-swedish-winters-and-summers-hold-the-most-enduring-memories-for/)

[Johan Eliasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-eliasch/)

> [Deforestation will continue as long as cutting down and burning trees is more economic than preserving them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-eliasch/deforestation-will-continue-as-long-as-cutting-down-and-burning-trees/)

[Johan Eliasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-eliasch/)

> [Timber extraction provides big profits at the expense of local communities. Providing communities with unfettered access to harvest a forest that is protected in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-eliasch/timber-extraction-provides-big-profits-at-the-expense-of-local/)

[Johan Eliasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-eliasch/)

> [The key to saving the Amazon and the rest of the world's great rainforests is actually very simple: just put a fair price on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-eliasch/the-key-to-saving-the-amazon-and-the-rest-of-the-world-s-great/)

[Johan Eliasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-eliasch/)

> [You either keep the forest standing, which takes jobs away from indigenous people who need to feed themselves, or you cut down the trees,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-eliasch/you-either-keep-the-forest-standing-which-takes-jobs-away-from/)

[Johan Eliasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-eliasch/)

> [I don't think politics and sport should be mixed up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-eliasch/i-don-t-think-politics-and-sport-should-be-mixed-up/)

[Johan Eliasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-eliasch/)

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