Kenya Battles Illegal Charcoal Production

Fellows Spring 2004

By Sadie Babits

June 04, 2009

In 1986, Kenya banned the harvesting of trees from public lands to make charcoal in an effort to slow deforestation, a major problem in the country. But the government is having a difficult time enforcing the ban in a country where more than 85 percent of the population relies on charcoal as a main source of fuel. Sadie Babits reports.

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