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A carbon fund means village women in Kenya can protect the country’s only tropical rainforest

A carbon fund means village women in Kenya can protect the country’s only tropical rainforest

NATHAN OMBUNI, BIRD STORY AGENCY FOR Brenda Luhombo, a resident of Ivakale village in Western Kenya, living close to Kakamega Forest meant unlimited access to firewood and charcoal. She could easily buy it from the illegal loggers who walked right past her door - to and from the forest. But all that changed in 2019 when she finally installed an energy-saving stove. "I used to spend 200 shillings (US$1.60) per day on firewood and 2,000 shillings (US$16) on charcoal every week, but since the stove installation in my kitchen, I spend only 100 shillings on firewood which lasts up to…
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