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The
study, titled Challenges to Managing Ecosystems Sustainably for Poverty
Alleviation: Securing Well-Being in the Andes/Amazon, was conducted
by researchers from the Amazon Initiative (AI)
consortium, and was commissioned by the Ecosystems Services for Poverty
Alleviation Programme (ESPA)
of the United Kingdom.
"The results of the study have shown that incentives, rather than disincentives such as enacting strict laws and issuing stiff penalties, can help empower communities responsible for managing resources and redistribute the wealth garnered from those resources to poor farmers," says Dr. Andy Jarvis, an agricultural geographer at CIAT and co-author of the study. Dr. Roberto Porro, the AI coordinator when the study was conducted, said that "in many cases, disincentives fail because they cannot be effectively enforced." |
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Despite
strict laws and tough talk, the Amazon forest continues to disappear at
an alarming rate. In an effort to find a sustainable solution, a new study
has concluded that offering clear incentives to local populations to encourage
conservation may help stem destruction in one of the world’s most
important ecological regions.