illage communities in Western Kenya alongside ones in Niger, Nigeria and China could become the key to unlocking the multi-billion dollar carbon markets for millions of farmers, foresters and conservationists across the developing world. Catchments in and around Lake Victoria have been chosen as a test-bed for calculating how much carbon can be stored in trees and soils...
Monthly Archives: May 2009
A NOTTINGHAM student has designed a way of using bananas to produce cooking fuel. Joel Chaney was alarmed at how the large part of the fruit, which is grown in Africa, is allowed to rot. So he has now developed a method of turning what is left of bananas – the skin, leaves and stems – into briquettes for cooking. He believes his discovery could be an answer to the. As...
