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.