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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jonathan Watts

Giving £2 a day to people in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot project finds

A river snaking through a forest
The experiment involved three communities in Peru’s Asháninka region. Photograph: Martín Mejía/AP

A pioneering project to provide Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon with an unconditional basic income has contributed to the protection of the rainforest, according to a study.

The analysis from the University of Bath is expected to contribute to a growing debate about the role of direct payments to communities that maintain globally important ecosystems.

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