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In the U.S. the term you're looking for is 'Conservation Easement' which is how private landowners can get a tax break for preserving forested lands.

I'm guessing that there will be more pressure to have similar programs in developing nations.

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Sort of. I sought a conservation easement but it wouldn't actually provide much. Out of about 150 acres, of which probably about 30-40 is lightly forested with Oaks/Pines, the tax break would only be a few thousand dollars and only one time deal. It works off of the assessed value of the land which for raw land with no housing on it is usually quite low and thus the easement tax break is low.

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