Buying the rights would require willing sellers and a yet-to-be-determined amount of money that would most likely come from a combination of governments, perhaps with assistance from conservation groups.
Over the past five decades, NRCS has provided hundreds of billions of dollars in cost-share assistance for conservation programs (Monke and Johnson 2010; ACMWG 2011).
In contrast to all the ecological red ink, there has been a substantial increase in the coverage of protected areas and a surge in the amount of development assistance directed to conservation.
The Social Forestry wing of the Kerala Forest Department has signed memorandums of association with the owners of select groves for protection, enhancement of biodiversity and awareness programmes and 15 sacred groves have received assistance for their conservation efforts (The Hindu, May 5, 2013, India).
The Bush administration proposed new tax incentives today to encourage energy conservation, including assistance for people who buy fuel-efficient cars and for companies that install more efficient power generating systems.
Seacology is a nonprofit organization that works to preserve both island habitats and cultures by exchanging services for local assistance and cooperation with conservation efforts.
As it does every five years, Congress must soon renew the farm bill, a bumper collection of legislation that covers crop subsidies, food assistance for the poor, land conservation in agricultural areas, money for rural communities and much else.
Since 2003 the British Museum has been involved in providing conservation and archaeological assistance to the Iraqis after the second Gulf war, and in 2008 alongside the British Army it carried out a survey of sites across southern Iraq with a view to preserving the cultural heritage.
SJR is grateful to the South Australian Museum and Conservation International for supporting his fieldwork in New Guinea, and to the PNG National Research Institute and Department of Environment and Conservation for their assistance with Research Visas and Export Permits respectively.
For example, the Conservation Stewardship Program provides financial and technical assistance for farmers who adopt new conservation practices.
