Growing concern over
the dwindling number of plant and animal species has led to a hunt for ways to save them, and in the past decade, the idea of maintaining wildlife corridors — strips of land to connect these sanctuaries — has become popular among conservationists.
In a so - called cap - and - trade program like this, power
plants can trade the carbon permits among themselves, but the overall
number of permits
dwindles steadily over time.