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.
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Pagos directos en Perú se vinculan con protección forestal

THE GUARDIAN

Un piloto de dos años en la región asháninka de Perú entregó transferencias sin condiciones a 211 personas indígenas, equivalentes a unas £2 al día. Investigadores de la University of Bath hallaron que casi el 90% adoptó prácticas como reforestación y menor quema. El estudio fue pequeño y no midió directamente la salud del bosque.

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