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Activists plant trees in Mali but residents strip them for firewood. They say there’s no choice (Video)

Activists in Mali's Zamblara forest are working with communities to plant trees as part of the Great Green Wall initiative, an ambitious UN-backed project aimed at creating a wall of trees to combat desertification in the Sahel. But local residents say that although they want to protect the forests, they are reliant on them for firewood. Read more: https://bit.ly/3CLMpZ4

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Activists plant trees in Mali but residents strip them for firewood. They say there's no choice (Video)
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Activists in Mali's Zamblara forest are working with communities to plant trees as part of the Great Green Wall initiative, an ambitious UN-backed project aimed at creating a wall of trees to combat desertification in the Sahel. But local residents say that although they want to protect the forests, they are reliant on them for firewood. Read more: https://bit.ly/3CLMpZ4 #mali #news Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

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