: Eliasch used the land as a living reserve to prove the "standing value" of forests (carbon sequestration and oxygen production) over timber value.
: He acquired a logging company, Gethal Amazonas , and immediately shut down its operations to halt deforestation.
If you are looking to contribute to rainforest protection, several charities offer programs to secure land:
The most famous instance of private rainforest acquisition is that of Swedish billionaire . In 2005, he purchased roughly 400,000 acres of the Amazon rainforest—an area roughly the size of Greater London—for approximately $14 million.