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One problem with that, as I see it, is that while the initial explorers may be well-intentioned, their inroads into unspoiled areas creates an entry for greedy, self-interested people who will exploit and ravage the environment and its denizens for their own gain. The Amazon rainforest and many other such regions are currently being openly stripped of their resources by poachers and rogue "entrepreneurs" bent on extracting what they can, with no regard for what they are destroying.
I agree, but in terms of conservation, it's harder to set aside an area as being "hands-off" for development if no one ever went in and documented what was there and deemed it worth saving. But yes, at the same time, it does open up the area for others to come in.