Randomized controlled trial in Uganda finds that paying people not to cut down trees works

Mongabay
Jul 27, 2017, 6:30 pm198 pts
Emissions from land-use change, primarily deforestation, are responsible for about nine percent of global carbon emissions, according to a 2015 study. That’s why conservation efforts that aim to keep forests standing are considered crucial to the world’s efforts to slow global warming — and one popular…

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