087 | How Ending Deforestation Revived a Major River, Slowed Climate Change, and Saved Lives
Bionic Planet: Reversing Climate Change by Restoring Nature
English - May 01, 2023 04:58 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsScience Health & Fitness anthropocene climatechange globalwarming Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Evans Maneno is Makueni County Ecosystem Conservator for the Kenya Forestry Service. He walks us through a tree nursery in the Chyulu Hills and explains how the Chyulu Hills REDD+ Project has reversed deforestation by helping people develop sustainable livelihoods -- reviving in the process a threatened river that provides water for people hundreds of miles away.
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