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I've often wondered why there wasn't a charity fund that would just buy up portions of rainforests to turn into nature preserves, similar to the way Norway paid
by diogenescynic 11y ago
I've often wondered why there wasn't a charity fund that would just buy up portions of rainforests to turn into nature preserves, similar to the way Norway paid Brazil to protect the Amazon: www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/15/us-climatechange-amazon-norway-idUSKCN0RF1P520150915
- wj 11y agoProbably a lot of reasons behind it (and maybe charities like that do exist -- there are a lot of charities out there) but some countries do not allow foreign ownership of land. I believe Mexico you can only get a 99 year lease on land when you "buy" there. Another reason might be distrust of government. Some countries with rain forests do not have the most stable governments (do they seem to be less stable the closer to the equator you get?) and it would be a shame to buy up a lot of land only to have it nationalized or laws not enforced (owners aren't here so who is to stop me from logging it?) when government changes.
- sopooneo 11y agoIs this organization anything like what you're describing? http://www.nature.org/about-us/index.htm?intc=nature.tnav.about http://www.nature.org/about-us/index.htm?intc=nature.tnav.ab...