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Tanzania: Overdependence On Biomass Energy Kills the Environment - Sumaye

2014-09-05 08:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Tanzania Daily News: OVERDEPENDENCE on biomass as a source of energy by both urban and rural households is a major contributing factor to climate change hence needs urgent change. Former Prime Minister, Fredrick Sumaye on Thursday in Johannesburg that current statistics show that 91,272 hectares of forest cover are destroyed annually by households using firewood and charcoal as sources of energy. "This obviously has a negative impact on climate change leading to reduction of precipitation and hence reduced water inflow...

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