Brazilian farmers who protect the Amazon rainforest would like to be paid

Invaldo Weis acknowledges he is the kind of farmer some environmentalists love to hate: In the 1970s, he carved out an 11,700-acre soy-and-cattle farm by clearing trees in the Amazon jungle.

But the 65-year-old Brazilian and thousands of farmers like him could also be crucial allies for environmentalists in stopping further destruction of the world’s biggest tropical forest and help slow rising global temperatures.

Read the full article on the Wall Street Journal.