Green growth: the save-the-mangrove scheme reaping rewards for women in Kenya

Geoffrey Kamadi, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture

Green growth: the save-the-mangrove scheme reaping rewards for women in Kenya
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The Lamu archipelago accounts for more than half of Kenya’s mangrove forests. But across the country an estimated 40% of this precious commodity has been degraded, as more mangroves have been cut to provide construction materials and charcoal for cooking, and oil leakages from cruise liners and ships that pass along the coast kill off young saplings.

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