Exactly, it induces demand. Same went for efforts to reintroduce ivory in a more ethically sourced way back onto the market. Demand exploded and kick started po

Exactly, it induces demand. Same went for efforts to reintroduce ivory in a more ethically sourced way back onto the market. Demand exploded and kick started poaching again. There are other examples too. As for buying coalmines, typically mining rights are sold to miners as licenses that owners expect to get a percentage from. When the buyer turns out to be an environmental NGO the license gets revoked pretty quickly. This happened in the US earlier this year. These strategies will often run into implementation complexities.