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Paying Farmers to Protect the Environment
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that paying for "environmental services" could be an important and effective way to protect and restore the environment. According to FAO’s Director-General Jacques Diouf, "(Farming) has the potential to degrade the Earth's land, water, atmosphere and biological resources -- or to enhance them -- depending on the decisions made by the more than 2 billion people whose livelihoods depend directly on crops, livestock, fisheries or forests."
To read the full article please visit Paying farmers to protect the planet is future - UN
Offering incentives to farmers to take care of the environment can be a very effective way to help take care of God's Creation, as long as humanity realizes that the transition to a plant-based has much impact in protecting and restoring it.
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