Should we pay people to take care of nature? A possible solution to the mass extinction crisis
SalonApproximately one million species currently face extinction because of human activity. "Basic income schemes improve well being, reduce poverty and redress inequalities including gender inequity."" Yet the same Nature Sustainability paper which quantified the value of Earth's natural resources also proposes a provocative solution: A so-called "conservation basic income", or an "unconditional cash transfer to individuals residing in important conservation areas." "CBI more equitably distributes the costs and benefits of conservation" due to the beneficial impact of basic income programs on reducing poverty, inequalities and overall personal hardship, explained Dr. Emiel de Lange of WCS's Cambodia Program, the lead author of the paper, in a statement. CBI more equitably distributes the costs and benefits of conservation because basic income schemes improve well being, reduce poverty and redress inequalities including gender inequity."
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