the transfer of knowledge. germany is able to solve the problems and create a win win situation this. means that what. mr miller there s another subject i d like to broach which i think characterizes you rather well as a football fan and minister you could have got a ticket to the world cup final in brazil. you didn t find to brazil saying that if stadiums that cost billions will only go to rack and ruin after the championship you d rather stay at home jose you missed the final in brazil when germany won the world cup right was that a big sacrifice or does come from the scandal is obvious when i think of him in the house i think of the rain forest and the amazon but also of the world cup stadium which is now a ruin. the same goes for south africa the population is suffering and poverty and of the eight stadiums built i think just who are still in operation billions of
think of the rain forest and the amazon but also of the world cup stadium which is now a ruin. the same goes for south africa. the population is suffering and poverty and of the eight stadiums built i think just who are still in operation billions of dollars are wasted that i told. when he was still the fee for president. it s unacceptable what happens at the cost of people and nature for major sports events. mr miller we ve almost reached the end of. what a pity it is be happy to meet again and continue our discussion about for now there are three questions i d like you to complete. as development minister i m often away on trips for my wife and two children this means bored i have lots of exciting things to report when i get home. to anyone who says the c.s.
they want to better understand how this civilization lived before suddenly disappearing around one thousand years ago. researchers have discovered pyramids streets and canals. they now believe that as many as ten million people may have lived in what is known northern guatemala that s three times as many as scientists had thought. of a civilization whose secrets have been preserved by the rain forest. charity s biggest political parties are meeting in berlin for a while they ve called a decisive round of talks over forming a new government that s. for today though the great extra days for overtime. and agreement would move germany
of the most precious rain forests around. this is up in bolivia where pollution is starting to take its toll. it s a beautiful place, amazing people. and it looks beautiful. tell us about the gold rush. what s being done to try to mitigate it? about 600 square miles of some of the most pristine rain forest in the western amazon is just been turned into this toxic wasteland, the miners go out on the los tigres, illicit taxi companies on dirt bikes, they go into the rain forest with a diesel pump and fire hoses. they wash the sandbags down and cut all the trees down until it starts to look like desert. they take mercury barrels and stomp it in order to get the gold to amalgamate. look what it does to the amazon. who knows how many centuries it will take to bring that back. it s a difficult balance. economic prosperity versus
when you own something you take care of it. when no one owns it, nobody takes care of it. nobody watches a rental. people destroy other property like the rain forest. settlers killed nearly almost all of the buffalo. now, we are overfishing the ocean. when nobody owns it nobody takes care it. it s the tragedy of the commons. that is our show tonight. hands now john stossel. john: we like the idea of sharing, communal property but it does lead to one economists call the tragedy of the commons because nasty things happen when everybody owns something. i first heard that phrase and a story about some shepherds who