Going green with greenbacks

There is a small network of the super-rich investing in environmental protection.

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Knepp Estate in West Sussex
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Over the years I have spent a lot of money on women, wine and song, while the rest has been wasted. However, there is also something satisfying about giving back to the wider community. So hats off to Charles Burrell and Isabella Tree, custodians of Knepp Estate, West Sussex. Eighteen years ago the couple "took the radical decision to give up on Knepp's arable and dairy farm to pursue an experimental process of habitat creation", says Laura Battle in the Financial Times. This changed the landscape "from monotonous fields to grass plains, copses and scrubland, harbouring a rich diversity of plant, insect and bird life".

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