Norway (and others) did that for a while and they kind of got scammed.

See, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment-norway...

Norway, the biggest donor by far, has paid $1.2 bn over 10 years. In comparison, Brazil exported $35.2 bn of soybean products in 2020 alone. Seems like reneging on the deal is better from an economic perspective.

The big issue is that developed countries need to pay far more money to stop other countries' deforestation, but it won't happen because the payments will affect QoL of those living in developed countries and humans are inherently selfish.

Because the current government would use that money to accelerate the destruction instead. Bolsonaro and future are incompatible terms.

Brazilians received lots of money since 80's at least to help them to conserve the rainforests. It has not worked.

Maybe is time to start using the money in environmental projects in Europe or US instead. A couple of new national parks maybe?. Those would increase greatly the chance of success.

Why is Amazon, the one Jeff Bezos owns, not cementing its legacy here on Earth by paying to keep the Amazon intact? Seems like really bad marketing on some interdimensional cable commercials.

Buying land would be fairly trivial. Feeding the people that would otherwise raze it for money to buy food and housing? Much more expensive.