A Trillion Dollars To Fight The War We Should Be Fighting
- Timothy S. Colman
- Apr 1
- 3 min read
Extinction Prevention: a trillion dollar budget restoring ecosystems and biodiversity around the world.
Where do we spend the money and how many American jobs would we create?
I propose the US invest a trillion dollars restoring ecosystems and biodiversity around the world every year and wind down the fraud and corruption of the Pentagon trillion dollar spigot to the rich.
Insects are going extinct. (Reuters link with eye opening visuals)
Bird populations are crashing. (Cornell Bird Sanctuary is the best. )
We're being told every day we're in the sixth extinction that Elizabeth Kolbert writes about in a book by the same title, yet we manage to get up in the morning and literally phone it in by staying busy and paying bills, imagining someone else is going to save us and our ecosystems from going over the extinction cliff.
No one is coming to rescue us. We have to organize for new greener cities with farms close to cities, and nature inside cities to cool them off replacing concrete.
Look at the manufactured chaos the rich offer us today. Kaptan Ketamine aka Elon Musk and the Russian asset convicted felon who is President are only interested in more money for themselves. They could care less about us and our kids futures.
We have to begin to think in terms of 7 generations into the future.
Where do we invest a trillion a year of our tax money, and how many American jobs would we create?
With a trillion dollar budget for restoring ecosystems and biodiversity worldwide, you could make a significant impact while creating numerous American jobs. (I asked Perplexity for a proposal and got this reply. It is a draft, but I like the general direction. Smarter greens than me will have to tweak this starting place, but that's what democracy is all about.
Here's how you could allocate the funds and the potential job creation:
Ecosystem Restoration Projects
Forest Restoration
Allocate approximately $350 billion to forest restoration projects globally
. This investment could:
Generate $170 billion/year in net benefits from watershed protection, improved crop yields, and forest products
Sequester more than 5 billion tons of CO2 annually
Create about 14 million jobs in the US, based on the estimate that every $1 million invested in reforestation and sustainable forest management can support nearly 40 jobs
Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Restoration
Invest $200 billion in coastal and marine ecosystem restoration, including mangroves and coral reefs
. This could:
Support approximately 3 million jobs, based on NOAA's estimate that coastal habitat restoration supports on average 15 jobs per million dollars spent
Provide significant protection against storms and flooding, benefiting coastal communities
Wetland and Peatland Restoration
Dedicate $150 billion to restoring wetlands and peatlands. This investment would:
Contribute significantly to carbon sequestration
Support biodiversity
Create an estimated 2.25 million jobs, using the same job creation rate as coastal restoration
Grassland and Savanna Restoration
Allocate $100 billion to restore grasslands and savannas. This would:
Enhance biodiversity
Improve carbon sequestration
Create approximately 1.5 million jobs
Conservation and Protected Areas Expand and Manage Protected Areas
Invest $150 billion in expanding and managing protected areas to reach the 30x30 goal (protecting 30% of land and ocean by 2030)
. This could:
Support 650,000 new jobs in conservation management
Generate $500 billion of GDP in ecotourism and sustainable fisheries
Reduce CO2 emissions by 2.6 gigatons annually
Research and Innovation Biodiversity Research and Monitoring
Allocate $50 billion to research and monitoring programs. This investment would:
Improve understanding of ecosystems and biodiversity
Enhance conservation strategies
Create jobs for scientists, researchers, and technicians
Total Job Creation
Based on these allocations, the total number of American jobs created could be approximately 21.4 million. This estimate is derived from the job creation rates provided in the search results and applied to the allocated budgets.
It's important to note that this investment would not only create jobs but also provide significant economic and environmental benefits. For every dollar spent on nature restoration, at least $9 of economic benefit can be expected.
Additionally, this investment would contribute substantially to addressing climate change, protecting biodiversity, and enhancing ecosystem services that are crucial for human well-being and economic stability.
What do you want to add? Do you have any ideas on how to bring farms and forests into our urban cities replacing concrete? We have to rapidly cool cities down so more people survive the rapid heating that is coming soon. Here are the top 12 green cities in the world.
Next up what are ideal green cities to fight extinction. (Coming soon)
Timothy Colman
Good Nature Publishing
Seattle WA
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