Three Indigenous communities in Peru’s Amazon are no longer engaging in unsustainable or illegal forest activities to make ends meet as they complete one year of a conservation basic income (CBI) pilot project, according to an internal assessment. The ‘no strings attached’ direct cash transfers is one of the world’s first pilot projects directed at […]
  • StraponStratos@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 days ago

    Makes sense, why do dangerous and hard work if you can support yourself in better ways.

    More interested to hear if they used any of those funds to help improve their education or start a business etc.