I understand your concern and I wholeheartedly agree in the need to focus on protecting the world that we share, but I am not sure that purchasing the rain forest will prevent forest fires or that this would be the right solution in the first place. It is true that some wildfires are accidentally started by people when clearing land for agriculture, by carelessness, etc., but many are started ’naturally’ primarily by strike of lightning and forest fires have always been a natural part of the cycle of nature, fertilizing and renewing the forests and landscapes. As we are slowly starting to realize, we should be careful before we begin to intervene with nature. There are indications though that forest fires are getting more frequent and larger in recent time due to climate changes so maybe this is where we need to focus –much more than we do. This, of course, will also need a global response and that, alas, seems to be the greatest obstacle, as always…
(In addition, for other reasons, I have mixed feelings about the thought of purchasing another country
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