How giving cash to poor families may also save trees in Indonesia

A poverty reduction program is associated with a 30 percent drop in deforestation

Indonesia forest

Indonesia has been losing its mature forests at an alarming rate, but recently, it’s losing them less quickly, with loss in 2019 slowing by 5 percent compared with 2018, according to the Global Forest Watch. Forests in Kalimantan, Indonesia are shown here.

Gemilang Ar-rasyid

Last year marked the third year in a row of when Indonesia’s bleak rate of deforestation has slowed in pace.