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Step 1: buy some land with some native vegetation on it. Step 2: Don't clear it. Step 3: Look after it. Counter intuitivively, this step might involve setting
by MrVandemar 3y ago
Step 1: buy some land with some native vegetation on it.
Step 2: Don't clear it.
Step 3: Look after it. Counter intuitivively, this step might involve setting fire to bits of it, depending on where you live.
There is no monetary “profit” step. Given our current trajectory and terminal velocity with regards to climate change and biodiversity loss, it probably will make no difference in the broader scheme of things, but the local animals will be happy to have their homes and food supply while it lasts.
There are possibly some conservation organisations that will enable you to put the land under some kind of lasting “covenant” to protect it.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoStep 3: Profit This actually does exist, in certain locations. In mine's US state, I plan to install beehives and get an agriculture exemption, which prevents me from developing 99% of property (minus driveways / logging roads)... but also cuts property taxes massively. You can then get additional conservation easements (10yr contracts) that then allow you to offset essentially all of a DINK household's W2 income. Despite all the loopholes, this does keep the trees alive and generating oxygen / habitat.
- thatcat 3y agoWhat state? Do you have more info?
- MrVandemar 3y ago> install beehives Commercial beehives, or even hobbyist level bee-keeping, displace native insect populations. They're very aggressive insects. Pollen and nectar seem like limitless resources; they aren't. Swarms can take over bird-nesting hollows, and drive out native mammals. I have hives. Yeah, I don't feel great about it, but there are compromises baked into everything.
- ikekkdcjkfke 3y agoStep 3: Profit Sell "preservation credits"