The nexus between forests and poverty - Bob Koigi, Kenya
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The rural poor have traditionally relied on forests to earn a living, but each year an estimated 15 billion trees are cut down.
FairPlanet's contributing editor Bob Koigi reports from Kenya.
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Aptly dubbed ‘the lungs of the earth’, forests play a critical role in sustaining our planet by, among other functions, sequestering greenhouse gasses. Rapid population growth and unrestrained industrial activity have led to the decimation of forests worldwide.
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