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Just buy up the land and pay property taxes on it.

• PunchTornado 8y ago
  but then you have to hire security and stuff. too expensive.
• vinceguidry 8y ago
  That's extremely untenable from a sovereignty and foreign policy standpoint. Most countries do not like it when huge fractions of economic segments or asset classes are owned by foreign interests, and will usually start obstructing efforts through law / regulation / straight-up theft.
  • ggm 8y ago
    Isn't this model pretty much how Costa Rican preserved rainforests were funded? I get the sovereign state thing, but there are models of engagement, flawed, which are like this. My limited understanding is that its not enough to buy the land: you have to defend it from predation by outsiders/others.
    • vinceguidry 8y ago
      There's probably many many more reasons why it's a bad idea, heh. No need to argue over which one precisely is the best one.