I didn't say it's a priority; I said it's a prerequisite.
Let me give you an example from where I live. I live right next to a thousand-square-mile national park, Riding Mountain National Park, in the middle of an agricultural and forestry zone.
The only reason Canada was able to reserve the thousand-square-mile park for nature only—there is no logging, no mining, no farming, even though all those things are possible... The only reason Canada is able to do that, plus a whole host of different things, is because we are a rich country. So don't put words in my mouth and imply that I don't care about the environment and that it's only about the dollar; it's not. The issue is, a rich society is a prerequisite to improving the environment, so you're not really responding to my point.
The data is really clear. For most environmental indicators, the richer a country is, the better those environmental indicators.