News, As Farms Close in on the Amazon, Families Get Paid to Save Trees. (organic, environmental)

[JD59]

Deep in the Amazonian rainforest, communities like this one, where 300 families spread out along the banks of the river in wooden huts on stilts, have been at the center of the world's greatest environmental debate: how to save the Amazon. But these communities, and their local officials, have long been left out of negotiations.

ABC News: As Farms Close in on the Amazon, Families Get Paid to Save Trees

[ladycat]

Great article! I passed on the link to some of the green/organic oriented forums I hang out at.