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How much do you pay someone to not do something? How many people get to pay? This doesn't work!

• amelius 6y ago
  You set up an accounting framework just like carbon tax.
• UncleOxidant 6y ago
  Are there products from the amazonian rainforest that could be harvested in a sustainable way? We could buy those. I've seen some kind of "jungle peanut" for sale that purportedly only grows in dense forest - perhaps there are more items like this?
• teekert 6y ago
  It also doesn’t work if some countries can capitalize on their natural resources, and others can’t. We also have something to gain from rainforest protection.
• Guest42 6y ago
  Would renting/purchasing the land itself be a possible approach? (perhaps a collateral held by a 3rd party could be involved?)
• bourgwaletariat 6y ago
  It does work. Besides, you don't need to pay people not to do things. Just punish them if they do. If I were to cut down my trees, I'd have to pay fines. If it weren't easier to slash and burn, they'd find ways to grow profitable crops in, or otherwise utilize, the existing forest. Costa Rica changed its economy from fishing to tourism fairly effectively. Just have a conversation with a fisherman turned whale boat operator for some good lessons on that next time you're down there. Pay no attention to the vast palm tree plantations that decimated the natural forest though. That's a side point.