How is it that Britain has a “Labour” government whose first thought is to privatise everything …
Ministers are proposing an extraordinary scheme to tackle climate change in which the Amazon rainforest would be turned into an international trust and its trees sold to individuals and groups.
Plans for the wholesale “privatisation” of the rainforest will be raised by David Miliband, the Environment Secretary, at a summit in Mexico this week.
The scheme, endorsed by Tony Blair, aims to protect the plants and wildlife from logging. About 13 million hectares of the world’s forests are lost annually to deforestation, according to the Government.
Miliband admits there might be “sovereignty” issues…
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