It is often said that governments spent too much money on projects to protect wildlife, while there are other problems that are more important ? Do you agree or disagree ?

Many argue that governments allocate more budget for the protection of wildlife compared to the other relatively important issues. I strongly disagree with

this

, as the efforts of the

government

to prioritize problems

such

as economics rather than

environment

are highly evident in most countries.

First

of all, the majority of states in the world face economic issues including poverty and unemployment.

Hence

, the governments are allocating massive budgets to reduce poverty by introducing fiscal incentives and other initiatives

instead

of allocating funds for alternative energy research as an instance. In 2019, the Indonesian

government

allocated more than 70% of its state budget for economic development, and less than 5% to protect endangered species and to fight deforestation.

Therefore

, with the fact that poverty will still occur for the

next

few decades, the

government

will most likely prioritize economic over

environment

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the environment

.

Moreover

, many governments still view

environment

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environmental

problems

such

as deforestation and animal’s extinction as one of their least priorities and still have not allocated much money for them. These issues are deemed to be less likely affecting their citizens, and the society

need

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needs

food and other basic necessities from stable economy.

For instance

, the Indonesian

government

has never allocated much budget on deforestation, causing

massive haze

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a massive haze

from forest burning occurring every year

in

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on

Sumatra island. For the

next

few years at least, the

government

might not shift their focus to

environment

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the environment

. In conclusion, some layer of society argue that the

government

spent too much money

on

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for

the protection of wildlife.

However

, I have a different view as the policies taken by the governments have proven the

otherwise

.