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Tanzania: Use of Charcoal Destroys 48,000 Million Acres Annually
Daily News, 19 May 2021
THE use of charcoal and firewood in the country leads to the destruction of a total of 48,000 million acres of forests every year, the government has said. Read more »
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Tanzania: Destroy Forests Today, Meet Bleak Future Ahead
Daily News, 12 May 2021
SEVERAL studies globally have painted a picture where humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth's remaining wilderness in the last 25 years, and there may be none left within a… Read more »
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Tanzania: Why Gas Use Should Replace Charcoal, Firewood
Daily News, 5 February 2020
HOUSEHOLDS nearly entirely in Tanzania still prefer firewood and charcoal over gas and electricity as fuel. Read more »
Charcoal Use in Tanzania Destroys Millions of Hectares Annually
The use of charcoal and firewood in the country leads to the destruction of a total of 19.4 million hectares of forest every year, the government has said. Selemani Jafo, the environmental minister in the vice president's office, said that the government is on course to curb the challenge and maintain the country's ecosystem. This includes embarking on a campaign that will see every local government council plant a minimum of 1.5 million trees annually. Addressing members of the media on the upcoming World Environment Day that is observed every June 5th, Jafo said the trees have to be sustained for the country to successfully maintain the ecology.
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The government has directed some of its institutions - including prisons, hospitals, military camps and schools - to start phasing out the use of charcoal as a source of cooking ... Read more »
