One of the biggest drivers of deforestation is poverty. Building diverse income streams that can withstand bad harvest, floods, droughts and unforeseen emergencies can be the biggest asset in a communities’ arsenal against forest loss. Investing in skills, from accounting to engineering, help create alternative options to selling trees.
“The rainforest is everything to me. It’s where I can find the things I like to eat and seeds to make jewellery. I hope that people will continue to buy our jewellery in order to help my community” Rosalina, Uracuza village.
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My name is Dr. David Wilkie and I work for the Wildlife Conservation Society. We have been using Rick’s BNS (modified to include the value of owned assets) in an increasing number of our programs. I am interested in how you are approaching time series analysis of BNS data. I would very much like to chat with someone from your team who is working on your BNS data collection. I hope to talk with someone soon. Best wishes David
Hello Dr Wilkie, I’ve passed your comment on to the programmes team and somebody will be in touch shortly. Best wishes, Lewis.
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