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087 | How Ending Deforestation Revived a Major River, Slowed Climate Change, and Saved Lives

087 | How Ending Deforestation Revived a Major River, Slowed Climate Change, and Saved Lives

FromBionic Planet: Reversing Climate Change by Restoring Nature


087 | How Ending Deforestation Revived a Major River, Slowed Climate Change, and Saved Lives

FromBionic Planet: Reversing Climate Change by Restoring Nature

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
May 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.  Second in a series
Released:
May 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (94)

We've entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene, and nothing is as it was. Not the trees, not the seas – not the forests, farms, or fields – and not the global economy that depends on all of these. What does this mean for your investments, your family's future, and the future of man? Each week, we dive into these issues to help you Navigate the New Reality.