Among other problems with this essay is this:

First, just as in the past, these neo-colonialists are determined to impose their will on the peoples of Asia and …

This is painting “Asia” as a single monolith when it is anything but.

Also problematic is this:

As one farmer in a small Asian community so aptly put it, “When you say I need permission to cut my own trees, I have lost my right to my land.”

Property ownership may be understood differently in various cultures, but eventually ownership is neither eternal nor absolute. Having owned property in California it became clear that “owning” simply means have exclusive or first use, not absolute use, of the property. Here in America we have all sorts of national, state, and local laws and regulations that limit what “ownership” means.

What you do not want to accept is that ownership is not absolute, to repeat myself. Since we all share the same planet, and since the physical and biological systems on this planet are all interlinked, there is an overriding social, communal, responsibility that hangs over everybody.