ScienceGiving people £2 a day in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot study finds

A two-year pilot gave 211 people in three communities in Peru’s Asháninka region six unconditional cash payments of 1,032 soles each. Researchers found that almost 90% adopted environmentally beneficial practices, while food insecurity and forced migration declined. They cautioned that the small study’s ecological effects need more research.

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