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Hello! It is Rosita here :). I am from Lithuania. I love my country very much and one of many reasons why I do so is the Lithuanian nature. I love spending time outside and the beauty of our landscapes makes me feel very happy and blessed. So, today I am going to present environmental issue from my country that raised my and many inhabitants awareness.

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Deforestation is a very "hot" topic that raised protests and activist movements in our country. Such serious concern arised because of contradiction between different ethical approaches of government and the people. Personally, I follow utilitarian ethical theory and support ecocentric approach towards this issue. Nature and its beauty always makes me happy and inspires. Saving woods would create maximum good for maximum living beings - for people, animals and plants. It is always possible to find another ways to contribute to our country, help it to thrive and grow - not by destroying our own home.

"Your deepest roots are in nature.  No matter who you are, where you live, or what kind of life you lead, you remain irrevocably linked with the rest of creation."  Charles Cook

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5.2 Sight from ethical approach - human and nature side

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5.2 Sight from ethical approach - human and nature side

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Most of environmentalists, protesters against government decision to cut woods, worried inhabitants, including me, can be said to follow utilitarian ethical theory. We all understand that our small country would lose large part of its money (GDP), but we care (and are even scared) about the consequences that such greedy government behaviour may bring in the near future. We take into our consideration how our lanscape changes, how blank and empty it becomes, we are worried about animals and plants that lose the space to live and grow... Utility we get from the nature is much larger than happiness that profits to country's budget bring. Also, nature lovers are guided by ecocentric approach caring about the interests of all species and natural features of Earth's ecosystems (humans, plants, animals, atmosphere, land), refusing to place any species above the others.

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5.1 Sight from ethical approach - government side

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5.1 Sight from ethical approach - government side

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Politics believe that it is their duty to cut the forest, use the wood for commercial usage and so to contribute to our country budget (GDP). However, word "duty" does not imply here that politics follow deontological ethical theory. In my opinion, none of ethical theories can be used to describe such actions, because I believe they are not reasonable enough and unethical. Since none ethical theory is suitable to describe the politics side, there is ethical approach which illustrates the situation pretty well. It is antropocentrism. From this side, Lithuanian government considers themselves (and people) the most important entity in the planet. From an anthropocentric perspective, humankind is seen as separate from nature and superior to it, thus, other entities (animals, plants) are viewed as resources for humans to use. This approach is very well depicted by human-oriented, profit seeking goals of the government.

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Deforestation - environmental issue in Lithuania

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Deforestation - environmental issue in Lithuania

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The patience of environmental lovers ended in 2018 when a so-called Peasant and Green government approved high logging rates in the next 5 years to the benefit of IKEA and other commercial interest. Such government move caused a civil society movement against this decision.

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Naturalists claim that when a forest is cut down, it stops functioning. People cannot pick mushrooms and berries there anymore, it is no longer appropriate for animals to live and plants to grow. It is estimated that 300 pairs of birds could lose their home if 1 ha of forests are cut down.

Also, environmentalists state that forest has magical power to change climate conditions. It is able to stop strong winds and even save buildings. Deforestation is the reason why there is an increase of squalls in Lithuania.

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LABANORO draustinio skandalas.Vaizdo įrašas is viršaus,matosi visos kirtimo aikštelės..

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An obvious example of this environmental issue is the second largest forest array in Lithuania - Labanoras wood. There are many places in this wood where human activity is restricted as the territories are tried to be preserved. However, in last years loggers received permission to cut the forest, and such decision angered as well as surprised the people. Now the wood is still constantly being destroyed and cut. It is claimed that one third of the wood has already been destroyed only in a few years, leaving empty holes and wounds in one of our prides of our Lithuanian nature (as can be seen in video).

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From the earliest times Lithuania has been known as the country of nature. Lithuanians have always felt proud of our giant woods that cover one third of the country's total area. Even the green color in our flag repressents the greatness and beauty of the forests. Unfortunately, when asked what is serious environmental issue in our country nowadays, a common Lithuanian would say – deforestation. Since Lithuanians have a strong boundary with nature, seeing empty fields, holes in the landscape, cut down trees in their beloved walking areas raised a concern and various moral worries to inhabitants.

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The amounts of deforestation started to increase significantly in the last decades. In 20 years (from 2001 til 2020) Lithuania lost 349kha of tree cover, equivalent to a 15% decrease in tree cover. The actual scale of deforestation is about 2.5 times higher than the sustainable use of forests. As you can see in the picture, from 2013 the amounts of usage of forest became dangerously high all around the country.