well, in first place Brazil (or Peru, Suriname, etc) should be wanting to sell or rent it. Which they aren't. Second, it won't help to buy or rent it if there i

well, in first place Brazil (or Peru, Suriname, etc) should be wanting to sell or rent it. Which they aren't. Second, it won't help to buy or rent it if there is no control in the region. Third, Europe together with China are the biggest market of illegal wood. France has a high military presence on the French Guyana, and they could definitely pass intelligence to some navy to catch the boats leaving Brazil/Suriname towards Europe. So it's not matter of who owns it but if all nations actually want to fight the black market around illegal wood and biopiracy, which they clearly don't want. References: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-biopiracy/brazil-to-step-up-crackdown-on-biopiracy-in-2011-idUSTRE6BL37820101222 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-biopiracy/brazil-t... https://www.dw.com/en/wood-laundering-brings-illegal-amazon-timber-to-europe-report/a-43065620 https://www.dw.com/en/wood-laundering-brings-illegal-amazon-... http://www.globaltimber.org.uk/ChinaIllegalImpExp.htm http://www.globaltimber.org.uk/ChinaIllegalImpExp.htm