Let him buy it with the stipulation that it can not be moved or changed. If he still wants it, what is the problem? It would generate real estate tax, too.
Be sure to click on the link to the original story, the gov’t official dumping on the idea did say they still want to explore some kind of sponsorship (i.e., donations of money to enrich the local corrupticos while claiming to be doing the needed conservation work) or other means to bring in the long green.