In a capitalist economy, why would anyone maintain a forest? Because you own the forest and want it to keep producing income? That said, a non-capitalist mode

In a capitalist economy, why would anyone maintain a forest? Because you own the forest and want it to keep producing income? That said, a non-capitalist model would probably work better, since implementing the full capitalist solution (by allowing people to sue polluters, who harm them and their property) is politically infeasible.