Last year marked the third year
in a row that Indonesia 'sbleak rateof deforestation has slowed inpace.
One reason for the turnaroundmaybe the country’s antipoverty program .
In 2007， Indonesia started phasing in a program that gives
moneyto its poorest residents under certain conditions ，
suc has requiring people to keep kids in school or get regular medical care .
Called conditional cash transfers or CCTs，
 these social assistance programsare designed to reduce
inequality and break the cycle of poverty
The y're already used in dozens of countries worldwide .
InIndonesia，the program has provided enough food and medicine to substantially
reduce severe growth problems among children .
But CCT programs don't generally consider effects on the environment .
In fact poverty alleviation and environmental protection are
often viewed as conflicting goals ，
says Paul Ferraro，an economist at Johns Hopkins University .
去年是印尼糟糕的森林砍伐速度连续第三年放缓。这种转变的一个原因可能是该国的反贫困计划。
2007年，印尼开始分阶段实施一项计划，
在一定条件下向最贫困的居民提供资金，比如要求人们让孩子继续上学或获得定期医疗保健。
这些社会援助项目被称为有条件现金转移支付(cct)，旨在减少不平等，打破贫穷的恶性循环。
这些项目已经在全球几十个国家使用。在印度尼西亚，该项目提供了足够的食物和药品，大幅减少了儿童严重的成长问题。
约翰霍普金斯大学(Johns Hopkins University)经济学家费拉罗(Paul Ferraro)说，事实上，扶贫和环境保护经常被视为相互矛盾的目标。