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A two-year pilot in Peru’s Asháninka region gave 211 Indigenous participants unconditional cash transfers worth about £2 a day. The results? Almost 90% of them adopted practices such as reforestation and reduced burning, while food insecurity fell.
Cash payments in Peru help protect the rainforest
Cash payments in Peru help protect the rainforest

23.10.2026

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