Worldy wealth comes when people seen those as preicious...

Having said that, using Africa per instance, we can able to see few ironic facts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456970/html/nn5page1.stm

Africa, a place which we are all depending on, yet most of the people never treasure it.
That's why Africa, "is not wealthy".

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0607_040607_phytoplankton.html
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/data/cdrom2/afstate.htm

In simple terms, while half of the earth oxygen source comes from sea, the other comes from phytoplankton on land(ie: trees-photosynthesis) and Africa alone have most of the forest, especially in Congo.

Africa is sharing an essential element to everyone of us free of charge, yet we offen take granted. Shouldn't we pay back? Who's debting who?

The other fact is how most of the people, including the UN's, focus 'to develop' Africa, some suggest education(educate to become what? more urban?), others economical infrustrature, some even "cut the forest!" Look! Thanks to these people, they gave them weapons to civil wars, they change their preferences so they don't treasure what they have anymore, they make them felt not wealthy(thanks for that <$1 USD income per day plot). All these, is eliminating the basic needs(food, fresh water...) that God is already providing to the African through the nature, yet that's what the wealth they should be proud of. But People! WHAT have we done?!! Do you think we can get away with it?

A final shocking fact, is when if you think the trees and the ocean can recover our carbon produced, you are wrong.

Quote:

• A mature forest, for example, takes in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis and converts it to oxygen to support new growth. But that same forest gives off comparable levels of carbon dioxide when old trees die.

  "On average, then, this mature forest has no net flux of carbon dioxide or oxygen to or from the atmosphere, unless we cut it all down for logging," Sarmiento said. "The ocean works the same way. Most of the photosynthesis is counterbalanced by an equal and opposite amount of respiration."

  Carbon Sink

  The forests and oceans are not taking in more carbon dioxide or letting off more oxygen. But human activities such as burning oil and coal to drive our cars and heat our homes are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.

  Most of the world's scientists agree that these increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are causing the Earth to warm. Many researchers believe that this phenomenon could lead to potentially catastrophic consequences.