‘For many rural families, firewood and charcoal are not abstract environmental issues — they are part of everyday survival’
* But when thousands of people depend on the same woodland, tree by tree and year by year, the cumulative loss can be devastating * Maintains environmental conservation advocate Ian Bartlett as he joins others who advocate for alternative sources of energy while addressing rural people’s economic livelihoods Analysis by Duncan Mlanjira Over the years, environmental conservation stakeholders have always maintained that the advocacy against forest degradation — through firewood and charcoal production — should be amplified by offering…
