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Eucalyptus Helps Reverse Erosion in Mali

April 21, 2008 – 2:48 am

TreeHugger
BBC News has a story out of Mali in West Africa that describes how a women’s co-operative in the village of Kabara, south of Timbuktu, is using underground aquifers to plant eucalyptus trees. In this region where the annual rainfall is less than 400mm, reforestation is essential to return nutrients to the soil, and to [...]

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Mexico’s New Generation of Female Forest Defenders

September 25, 2007 – 6:43 am

TreeHugger
Women are at the forefront of the movement to defend and restore the forests of Guerrero state in southern Mexico. Founded in 2001, the Women’s Environmentalist Organization of the Sierra of Petatlan (OMESP) promotes sustainable and organic agriculture, forest fire prevention, reforestation, water and soil conservation, and recycling. The group has grown from 12 to [...]

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