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But why should the government be privatizing parkland management? Give away all the actual public oversight (via public meetings, talking to local officials, el
by cool_dude85 3y ago
But why should the government be privatizing parkland management? Give away all the actual public oversight (via public meetings, talking to local officials, elections, etc.) for what benefit?
- Joker_vD 3y agoWhat if the government is, in fact, unable to competently manage the park lands for whatever reason? Then the benefits of such choice become obvious and quite alluring: why acquire competency if you can make someone else (who is already competent) to do it instead of you and also pay you for the privilege of doing this work? It's a win-win situation.
- notatoad 3y agotransferring control of parks to non-profits is a relatively common workaround to for a conservation-friendly government to ensure that parks outlast the current government. if you keep protected areas within control of the government, there's always a concern that the next government decides to cancel those protections and sell that park off to industry or development. but if it's already "sold off" to a non-profit who wants to keep it a park, then it can't be sold to industry.