Nature/News Swedish Tycoon Johan Eliasch Bought 400,000 Acres Of Amazon Forest Just To Preserve It Johan Eliasch, Swedish-born tycoon, had purchased 400,000 acres of the Amazonian rainforest. After buying it, he said, to save it, to conserve its plants and wildlife &, by preserving old-growth forest, to More by Rahul Somvanshi April 29, 2019