A randomized controlled trial of a ‘payments for ecosystem services’ scheme in Uganda finds a significant reduction in deforestation, with cost-of-carbon savings greater than the price of the payments.
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DeFries, R. Robust assessment comes of age. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 1222–1223 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0290-8
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