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Connecting the dots: Rethinking farming systems to deliver multiple services

There, under the shade of a tree and in the middle of a candid exchange with community leaders, I heard something that stayed with me:  “You can give us all the alternatives to deforestation-free livelihoods, but as long as people in cities keep needing charcoal, someone here will cut down trees to supply it.” 

Connecting the dots: Rethinking farming systems to deliver multiple services

Connecting the dots - Rethinking farming systems to deliver multiple services

There, under the shade of a tree and in the middle of a candid exchange with community leaders, I heard something that stayed with me: 

“You can give us all the alternatives to deforestation-free livelihoods, but as long as people in cities keep needing charcoal, someone here will cut down trees to supply it.”