Giving £2 a day to people in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot project finds
Reported bythe Guardian ↗·Sourced by Goodlede
A two-year pilot by UK charity Cool Earth gave 211 Indigenous people in three Peruvian Asháninka communities unconditional cash transfers of roughly £2 daily; 90% adopted environmentally beneficial practices including reforestation and water restoration, food insecurity fell from 73% to 26%, and forced migration fell from 43% to 18%.
This was a two-year pilot study in three communities; findings suggest potential but do not prove outcomes at larger scale.
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