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Giving £2 a day to people in the Amazon helps protect rainforest, pilot project finds

20 October 2026 at 13:00

Researchers say almost 90% of participants in unconditional basic income scheme in Peru adopted environmentally beneficial practices

A pioneering project to provide Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon with an unconditional basic income has contributed to the protection of the rainforest, according to a study.

The analysis from the University of Bath is expected to contribute to a growing debate about the role of direct payments to communities that maintain globally important ecosystems.

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© Photograph: Martín Mejía/AP

© Photograph: Martín Mejía/AP

© Photograph: Martín Mejía/AP

Besieged Ceuta Awash with Feces and Trash Left by Invading Illegals

20 October 2026 at 11:16

An intense Monday downpour at the Spanish exclave of Ceuta pushed feces and waste left by invading illegal migrants around the city's drains and into the sea, local outlets reported.

The post Besieged Ceuta Awash with Feces and Trash Left by Invading Illegals appeared first on Breitbart.

Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault

20 October 2026 at 08:00

In 2022, I helped push through the international agreement to protect biodiversity. Wars and economic pressures can make nature seem like a ‘nice-to-have’. But it is a critical asset, and Cop17 must deliver real action

When I was five, property developers came to cut down the woods behind my home in La Tuque, Quebec. My mother encouraged me to climb one of the trees in protest, then told the developers, straight-faced, that there was nothing she could do when they asked her to get me down. A few days later, the tree was cut down anyway.

I thought about that tree in the early hours of a freezing Montreal morning in December 2022, as the gavel came down on a global agreement between nearly 200 countries to halt and reverse the loss of nature by 2030. I thought about how important nature is for our health, our food security and our economies, but also how much passion there is around protecting it, and how it has the power to inspire people all around the world.

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© Photograph: COP17

© Photograph: COP17

© Photograph: COP17

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