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Lesson for Africa from UNESCO report on World Heritage forests

Alex Koech a member of the Ogiek community inspecting cedar posts at Kiptunga forest in Mau on March 7, 2018. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Forests are critical to the fight against climate change: the trees which form them are natural carbon sinks. Through photosynthesis, they absorb carbon dioxide from the air, which is then stored in their leaves, branches, trunks and roots.

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