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Voi Reaps Big From Kenya's First Major Carbon Project
2014-08-11 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star: For many years, residents of Kasigau location in Voi lived off felling trees, clearing bushes and burning charcoal in an open-canopy forest where they call home, but a carbon trading project is empowering thousands of residents here to embrace new sustainable sources of livelihoods. The smoky overhead that traditionally engulfed the forest has now paved way to a clear, fresh atmosphere as people adopt new sources of livelihoods. "A decade ago, this region was literally burning, there were no trees...
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