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by lazyjones 2676 days ago
People in developed western countries have been buying rainforests to protect the environment for decades: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/mar/24/cantwe...

I'm not sure how it's being protected though.

OTOH the earth has been getting greener recently:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/we-are-making-the-gl...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100201171641.h...

http://www.keepmepostedeu.org/portfolio/growing-forests/

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I remember buying a childrens-print magazine, as a kid in the 80s, that had a bit more expensive special issue, but each sold copy was supposedly used to buy a couple of m² of the rainforest.

They marketed it in an "own a piece of the rainforest" way and kid me was super stoked about the idea of owning a piece of rainforest, imagining how I would be living there.

I think it might have been Yps [0], but I'm not 100% certain.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yps_(comics)