From 2011 to 2013, researchers in the United states conducted and random research where 121 villages in Ugandan regions with high numbers of deforestation and forest degradation. The 60 villages that participated were paid an amount of about 70,000 Ugandan shillings. Less than 20 dollars per hectare to conserve their forests. According to the researchers, during this exercise, there was a decline in the tree cutting in the villages that were paid.

Most of the people in Uganda are depending on forests as they cut down trees to get fire wood, burn the trees to get charcoal that helps in the cooking, clearing the forests to also have land for farming.   

Deforestation is a bad practice and it is contributing a high percentage of the global carbon emissions. All the conservation efforts are aimed at keeping forests such that there is there is slow global warming.

However much it is a challenge and it might be hard to stop deforestation in Uganda, I think that that issue of paying people not to cut down trees would actually work for a short time but it is not sustainable. When people are always paid to be become environmental conscience and conserve mother earth, there will be less attachment of people towards conservation because  it might turn  out o be a source of income for them.

People ought to first understand why they are doing a certain practices in order for them to willingly take it in without any pay.

If each country starts paying their citizens to have them conserve the environment , I well think other countries will declare bankruptcy.

This is a big cause that needs change in the mind set of the public as well as improve their standards of living to prevent them from highly depending in the limited resource.

The research could be true but the applicability of the research gets tough.

What could be your view towards payment of people to have forests conserved?