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Zimbabwe: Nation's Forests Go Up in Smoke Amid Energy Crisis
AlertNet, 15 August 2012
Pensioner Thandazani Ndlovu earns his living selling firewood, making him better off than Zimbabwe's millions of jobless. Read more »
Many people are turning to wood for cooking and heating as Zimbabwe's country's electricity outages worsen; however, it comes with environmental consequences, reports Madalitso Mwando for AlertNet.
A farmer carries firewood (file photo): Up to 90 percent of Zimbabweans now rely on firewood for cooking, a huge leap from around 50 percent two decades ago, according to non-governmental organisation Environment Africa.
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