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The last currency: Trees

Sabine Miorini

For seven months I documented one of the fastest-growing yet least visible drivers of deforestation and climate emissions across Africa: charcoal production. From West to East Africa, vast forests once rich in biodiversity are cleared and burned to meet basic energy needs. In many regions, tree loss reaches hundreds of thousands of hectares yearly, releasing millions of tonnes of CO₂ and black carbon. Up to 90% of forest biomass is lost, soils collapse, wildlife vanishes, and vital carbon sinks become

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