One of my instructors at UF when I was getting my environmental engineering degree summed this phenomenon up neatly - conservation of natural resources is a luxury, and therefore only wealthy nations can afford it. In places like Haiti and Africa, the people are too busy scratching out a minimum subsistence lifestyle to even give protecting the environment a second's thought. And the leadership of these countries is too corrupt to care.
You can directly blame the enviros here in America and CFC don't buy into the only rich nations argument. Follow the money though and you will see. It takes research.
The Hew and Packard foundations have over seas logging and mining interests. They fund the enviro groups here in America that file the law suits that shut down logging and mining here at home. No competition for their over seas interests now.
Our wonderful govenor Arnold her in CA is another good example. His enviro policy was written by the NRDC and John Kennedy JR. Both have large holdings in natural gas. Arnold has proposed using hydrogen for cars etc. We get this hydrogen from natural gas. Writing environmental policy to line your pocket book. Go figure.