Africa: Putting a Price On Nature Can Benefit the Poor If Done Right

20 January 2015

You don't have to go far in Bolivia to find treasure. It's everywhere: in the vast Amazonian forests; in Lake Titicaca, which lies nearly four kilometres above sea level in the Andes; in the peaks and rain-gathering waterways of the Andes mountains; or in Bolivia's 2,000 animal species.

And to call all this treasure is hardly romantic - because, to some, Bolivia's natural environment is worth a lot of money.

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