Farmers turn to butterflies to save rare forests and make extra income

The colourful butterflies fluttering through Zanzibar’s Jozani Forest are beautiful to look at, but for farmers and charcoal producers in the region, they mean something more: a paycheck.

In an effort to protect the island’s threatened forest, local people are being trained to rear butterflies, under a scheme that tries to prevent deforestation by giving people a financial stake in keeping the forest intact.