What if a cemetery operator decides, despite representations they may have made to the public
that they want to accommodate conventional burial in a place that was to have been permanently protected as a natural area? What if the operator increases the density to a level that would degrade the local ecosystem? What if the operator sells the cemetery to someone who doesn't have an ethic rooted in ecological responsibility, or an entity which has no interest in continuing to run the facility as a green burial ground? There are too many potential ways a green cemetery can devolve, which is why having independent, third party certification is so important. |