Study shows people cut 48 percent fewer trees when paid to conserve
- March 14, 2018
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- An experiment conducted with 1,200 villagers in five developing countries found that when people are given cash to conserve, they cut down fewer trees both while they are being paid and after payments cease.
Residents of a village in Indonesia participate in a debriefing after participating in a study on cash-payments for conservation.Credit: Krister Par Andersson/CU Boulder
