possible conservation between journalist and wangari matai
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CNT: The UN recommends that at least ten percent of a nation's land be forested, but Kenya's forests have shrunk to less than two percent. Are you making any significant progress in reversing that erosion?Maathai: The situation has improved as awareness has risen. But so many people are poor, and they cut down forests as a source of energy and to grow crops.CNT: How do you persuade people to plant trees?Maathai: We tell them, If you don't take care of this land today, tomorrow you will have rocks, not soil. We teach them how to plant but also to work with others so there's a multiplier effect. We give them money for each tree that survives. That's a real incentive.CNT: There's democracy of sorts
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