Good thing, we didn’t do that. Some land in west Africa and some land in New Guinea, and we discussed that option with the governments in each area. I think also we may have looked at a piece of land in Kenya. At the time we were not economically able… Read More
Is it financial? Is it still viable?… Read More
I think it’s very viable. And several years ago we explored it. Read More
The society is not contemplating supporting it itself. That’s beyond the ability of a society to do so. Goldman Sachs has been generous in helping us get underway. The idea is to find ways it can be supported. Read More
You have been a champion of the adoptive park concept, why, speaking of that, why have zoos not picked up the challenge in more numbers?… Read More
Brings up an interesting point, so the society may be contemplating financial support for this reserve that they wanna give to the government?… Read More
May?… Read More
I would say in particular instances, absolutely they should. And we hadn’t land at the Wildlife Conservation Society before we received the Jason Islands (clears throat) from Michael and Judy Steinhardt who are New Yorkers. And, we still have some land down in the Caribbean, we have an island, Middle… Read More
So the Saudi is trying to figure out ways now to help the government of Chile accept it and support it. Read More
Well, but should zoos be then contemplating purchasing land, as part of the conservation effort?… Read More
Should people be donating their land to something that has more potential perpetuity?… Read More
If that’s what we would call it. It certainly is an option, an alternative in some places, is it better than what Doug and Chris have done in Chile for example, I don’t know. It does have the advantage of a scientific, proven society which has been around since 1895… Read More
Yes. Read More
Is that what should happen?… Read More
Now in one area, they have recently re-introduced giant anteaters, which are breeding. They want to re-introduce maned wolves in an area where they were once common. And that’s an animal that could certainly use that sort of attention. They also wish, they have a dream that they’d like to… Read More
You had talked about this as one group of individuals who have finance, trying to help the land, the Wildlife Conservation Society has received its own bequest of islands in the Falklands?… Read More
Doug and Chris Tompkins are a most unusual couple and long-term friends. They now own about two million acres in south America, primarily in Argentina and Chile. They are attempting to create or recreate areas where the original ecology would be conserved, and also to do it in a fashion… Read More
There aint no such thing as perpetuity. But they are preserving them, they’re buying time, which I think is the proper way we have to look at it for as long as they can. And that’s wonderfully valuable and generous. They’re trying to set up mechanisms and I’m not familiar… Read More
Is this a viable tool to save habitat?… Read More
Should zoos invest in this?… Read More