Mozambique: Nacala Industries Devastate Cashew Orchard

Maputo — Staff from the Nampula Provincial Directorate for the Coordination of Environmental Action, in northern Mozambique, have been sent to Nacala, Nacala-a-Velha and Mossuril districts to assess the level of environmental damage caused by the cutting down of cashew trees.

According to a report in the Nampula electronic newsheet "Wamphula Fax", the trees are being cut down to meet the demand for wood fuel from bakeries and from the vegetable oil industry.

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