Climate Conversations - A billion-dollar question: How much will it take to protect trees?

Riyong Kim Bakkegaard, a leader of researchers in the Amazon in association with CIFOR global REDD research initiative comments on pledge system under REDD+ in order to protect the rainforest. “The idea behind payments for environmental services is to provide an incentive to people. But the problem that we can see is that sometimes it is not big enough to become an effective incentive,” Bakkegaard said.