Two pounds a day to Amazon residents helps protect rainforest, study…

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA University of Bath study of three Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon found that giving people about two pounds a day helped protect the rainforest.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWith me is Zeke Halvorsen-Tran of the Canopy Dividend Institute. Zeke, does cash work?

3. ZH

   Zeke Halvorsen-TranYes, and we've always said so. Every penny of our own budget goes to this exact principle.

4. ZH

   Zeke Halvorsen-TranI keep this jar of cacao nibs on my desk as my quarterly report.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCacao is the point, actually. Cool Earth says one community put a hundred percent of its cash into twenty thousand cacao seedlings. A hundred percent.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhat's your number?

7. ZH

   Zeke Halvorsen-TranWell, every penny, give or take. Most pennies. A solid portion of the pennies go to a very important conference in Lima.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA conference.

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   Zeke Halvorsen-TranWith a keynote! Look, the pennies are being listened to. Every penny has been in the room, and the room was catered.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me ask again. Almost ninety percent of participants adopted practices that help the forest. How many seedlings did your conference plant?

11. ZH

    Zeke Halvorsen-TranZero seedlings, but we did have a very strong panel on seedlings.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwenty thousand seedlings from one village, Zeke, and you brought a jar of nibs.