So... The world benefits from the preservation of this. Is there an organized effort to simply buy it up and preserve it - from a global perspective? Yvonne Chouinard and his cronies effectively did that to create Patagonia National Park. They accomplished it despite government distrust and interference in both Chile and Argentina.
FYI - This grabbed me and I read through it, despite my overflowing IN. That's one of two substacks this week.
Hi David, I'm not aware of any efforts to privately buy parts of the Amazon for conservation purposes, as Doug Tompkins (best friend of Yvonne Chouinard) did in Chile. Tompkins eventually succeeded in creating several National Parks—with the help of his wife, after he died in an accident—but yes, they faced resistance from the government, ranchers, utilities companies, and every other interest bent on exploiting the land for economic gain.
So... The world benefits from the preservation of this. Is there an organized effort to simply buy it up and preserve it - from a global perspective? Yvonne Chouinard and his cronies effectively did that to create Patagonia National Park. They accomplished it despite government distrust and interference in both Chile and Argentina.
FYI - This grabbed me and I read through it, despite my overflowing IN. That's one of two substacks this week.
Hi David, I'm not aware of any efforts to privately buy parts of the Amazon for conservation purposes, as Doug Tompkins (best friend of Yvonne Chouinard) did in Chile. Tompkins eventually succeeded in creating several National Parks—with the help of his wife, after he died in an accident—but yes, they faced resistance from the government, ranchers, utilities companies, and every other interest bent on exploiting the land for economic gain.
Doug Tompkins is one of my heroes.
Only when the last tree has died, the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money 💡
Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o