Empowering Principe Islanders to Protect the 'African Galapagos'

Billionaire-backed sustainable development project on West African island pays locals to be stewards of their ecosystem, with transformative results.

On the remote West African island of Principe, a groundbreaking sustainable development project is empowering the local population to become stewards of their unique and fragile ecosystem. Funded by a billionaire, the Faya Foundation initiative pays villagers a quarterly dividend in exchange for their commitment to follow an environmental protection code.

At the crumbling colonial farm buildings in Porto Real, 43-year-old agricultural worker Kimilson Lima has eagerly signed on to the agreement.

Transforming the 'African Galapagos': Principe Villagers Paid to Protect Ecosystem

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