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    Tanzania Tries to Turn Charcoal Trade From Enemy to Friend of the Forest

    October 28, 2015 By Wilson Center Staff
    charcoal bag

    The original version of this article, by Sam Eaton, appeared on PRI’s The World.

    Rashidy Kazeuka says a forest cleared for charcoal is a silent and desolate place. No birds or other wildlife, just a barren, dried out landscape.

    It’s something Kazeuka knows well. He’s a charcoal producer himself, in central Tanzania’s Kilosa district, and in the past he says he never paid attention to things like wildlife or watersheds. He just went into the forest and cut every tree he could find, no matter the size.

    These days, Kazeuka still produces charcoal in a traditional kiln — piling chunks of earth around a stick frame covering the wood.  But everything else about what he does is different. He is part of a new sustainable charcoal pilot project aimed at helping rural producers make and sell charcoal in a way that doesn’t decimate Tanzania’s forests.

    Deforestation is rampant here, and the charcoal market is a big reason why. About 95 percent of urban households in this rapidly urbanizing country use it as their primary fuel.

    Continue reading on PRI’s The World.

    Sources: PRI’s The World.

    Photo Credit: Used with permission courtesy of Sam Eaton/PRI’s The World. Audio: PRI’s The World.

    Topics: Africa, climate change, conservation, consumption, demography, development, economics, energy, environment, forests, natural resources, Tanzania, urbanization

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