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Zambia's woodlands

May 29, 2012

Zambia's Miombo woodlands are vast and still intact. It's now been declared a conservation area.

Image: CC/Center For International Forestry Research/Jeff Walker

Project goal: Preserving the Zambezian Miombo woodlands as a carbon sink
Project scale: 600,000 hectares of forest
Project investment: 2 million euros
CO2 reduction: 13 million tonnes of CO2 can be stored in the forests per year

Western Zambia is home to the Miombo woodlands, a vast tract of forest that remains largely intact. Germany is supporting a project making the forests a conservation area, so that they continue to serve as a carbon sink and a habitat for many threatened species. The project foresees developing infrastructure to facilitate environmental protection and also involves local communities, in a bid to reduce poaching and deforestation.

A film by Jürgen Schneider

Zambia's Woodlands - Valuable Carbon Sinks

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