Preserving old-growth and native trees is one of the best ways to build-in environment resilience. Can private land-owners and farmers be persuaded not to chop trees on their lands for money or for firewood, and instead nurture them if they were paid to do so? Farmers For Forests is pioneering the payments-for-ecosystem-services concept in India, and the Foundation's support is enabling them to try this with land-owners in Gadchiroli and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
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