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A Nature Conservancy program to help Chinese in rural area improve their life style in a manner that should not degrade their environment. Sounds like a very useful program! See the entire article at the link provided.
'One of the driving forces behind this change is theNature Conservancy -- a program that helps Chinese villagers obtain and learn to use renewable sources of energy.'
'But the Conservancy realized that establishing a conservation area was not enough. The local populace needed to learn how to survive without collecting wood from the forests. Half a million households in northwest Yunnan depend on wood for cooking, heating, and housing. The overharvesting of wood has contributed to the loss of 300,000 acres of Yunnan’s forests, accelerating the loss of biodiversity and threatening endangered animals. Forest degradation also fosters the loss of non-wood products such as medicinal herbs and edible mushrooms.'
A Nature Conservancy program to help Chinese in rural area improve their life style in a manner that should not degrade their environment. Sounds like a very useful program! See the entire article at the link provided.
'One of the driving forces behind this change is theNature Conservancy -- a program that helps Chinese villagers obtain and learn to use renewable sources of energy.'
'But the Conservancy realized that establishing a conservation area was not enough. The local populace needed to learn how to survive without collecting wood from the forests. Half a million households in northwest Yunnan depend on wood for cooking, heating, and housing. The overharvesting of wood has contributed to the loss of 300,000 acres of Yunnan’s forests, accelerating the loss of biodiversity and threatening endangered animals. Forest degradation also fosters the loss of non-wood products such as medicinal herbs and edible mushrooms.'
