[poindexter]

"It seems that the game is to simply find the appropriate environmental act to remove
these folks from their land"

Not quite. They want the people to stay on the land so they can pay taxes on it. It's the _use_
of the land that the greens want limit.

[Dukie]

They want the people to stay on the land so they can pay taxes on it.

From the econut view that's the optimal result. However these people are farmers. According to econut thinking, they will either have to abandon their enterprise for something more in line with the "green way", probably some sort of artcraft, or move out.