<div dir="ltr">Dear Crispin, you could not of said it better about the charcoal bans. <div><div><br></div><div>Interesting that the author uses terms such as 'raiding' the forests and yet isn't this these peoples own forest? And from some sentences it almost seems as though the Congolese twig collectors are the ones to blame for global climate emissions from this story not and high end New York furniture buyers 😆</div><div><img src="cid:ii_l5r0uuon0" alt="image.png" width="301" height="211" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><div><br></div><div>But well done to the Author including this quote at least ''A man approached our small group of journalists and before we could introduce ourselves, he began shouting: “I know what you’re doing. You’re writing a story about climate change. You’ll write it, but we’re not going to benefit. Not us. We are suffering here,” he said, declining to give his name because he was angry at the general state of life in Congo.'' Perhaps he had been<a href="https://www.wri.org/insights/river-lined-smoke-charcoal-and-forest-loss-democratic-republic-congo"> interviewed before</a>?<div><br></div><div>It's so hard to understand how so many of the best scientists who have written so many good papers about bans not working and the need to formalize wood fuel systems in Kenya can be so ignored by the same Govt. who issues purchasing tenders for the same energy commodity it has banned! <a href="https://www.tenderyetu.com/?s=charcoal">https://www.tenderyetu.com/?s=charcoal</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Anyways here are a few links to some recent charcoal reading from around East Africa for those who like reading about charcoal might find of interest. </div><div><br></div><div><i>Oct 2020 <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337529059_The_contribution_of_charcoal_production_to_rural_livelihoods_in_a_semi-arid_area_in_Kenya">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337529059_The_contribution_of_charcoal_production_to_rural_livelihoods_in_a_semi-arid_area_in_Kenya</a> </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>2020 <a href="https://www.worldagroforestry.org/publication/prosopis-juliflora-potential-game-changer-charcoal-sector-kenya">https://www.worldagroforestry.org/publication/prosopis-juliflora-potential-game-changer-charcoal-sector-kenya</a> </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Oct 2021 <a href="https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/118249/part-one-how-ugandas-charcoal-is-sold-to-midd">https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/118249/part-one-how-ugandas-charcoal-is-sold-to-midd</a> and <a href="https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/118363/charcoal-cartels-govt-officials-in-a-web-of-b">https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/118363/charcoal-cartels-govt-officials-in-a-web-of-b</a><br></i></div><div><i><br>Aug 3rd 2021 <a href="https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/news/counties/logging-ban-cuts-sh4bn-revenue-hole-in-forestry-3497572">https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/news/counties/logging-ban-cuts-sh4bn-revenue-hole-in-forestry-3497572</a> </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>9th Dec 2021 <a href="https://www.swedev.dev/charcoal-value-chains-in-africa-and-their-role-for-sustainable-development/">https://www.swedev.dev/charcoal-value-chains-in-africa-and-their-role-for-sustainable-development/</a></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>8th Sept 2021 <a href="https://worldagroforestry.org/blog/2021/09/08/feature-interview-mapping-kenyas-charcoal-value-chains-sustainable-future">https://worldagroforestry.org/blog/2021/09/08/feature-interview-mapping-kenyas-charcoal-value-chains-sustainable-future</a></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>May 2021 <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/161947/nigeria-where-does-grill-charcoal-come-from">https://newrepublic.com/article/161947/nigeria-where-does-grill-charcoal-come-from</a> </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>2020 <a href="https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/7721/">https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/7721/</a> </i><i><br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>June 30th 2022 <a href="https://youtu.be/13EnHZfEGkg">https://youtu.be/13EnHZfEGkg</a></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>10th June 2022 <a href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-06-10-ill-do-away-with-charcoal-firewood-ruto-promises-women/">https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-06-10-ill-do-away-with-charcoal-firewood-ruto-promises-women/</a> </i><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile it seems that plans are afoot to power German biomass energy stations with wood chips shipped in from Namibia. <a href="https://www.germanclimatefinance.de/2021/02/25/german-climate-finance-project-used-to-create-biomass-supply-chain-for-german-energy-providers/">https://www.germanclimatefinance.de/2021/02/25/german-climate-finance-project-used-to-create-biomass-supply-chain-for-german-energy-providers/</a> Does this mean this type of wood extraction (conversion to grazing) is a greater driver of true deforestation rather then the typical charcoal makers forest degradation mentioned in the article above? </div><img src="cid:ii_l5r1ttw61" alt="image.png" width="472" height="223"><br><div><i><a href="https://www.fao.org/resources/digital-reports/forests-2020-remotesensing/en/">https://www.fao.org/resources/digital-reports/forests-2020-remotesensing/en/</a><font size="1">
<span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020</span></font><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"> </span></i><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">All the best,</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Teddy </font></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 8:13 PM Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <<a href="mailto:crispinpigott@outlook.com" target="_blank">crispinpigott@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dear Friends<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Here below is a communication from Kip Patrick from the Clean Cooking Alliance.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Perhaps this will start a conversation, here and elsewhere, on how to create the necessary biomass resources needed to cook, and how banning charcoal production is usually a precursor to the destruction
of forests, in spite of best intentions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Experiences in Chad, Rwanda and Haiti show that permitting people to grow and control their forest resources creates the conditions for sustainable charcoal production while banning it promotes charcoal
mafias and resource robbery. Chad is perhaps the clearest example of things gone wrong, gone right and gone wrong again.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>In Lesotho the production of wood (trees) is dominated by the private sector and a recognized right that people own the trees they tend. They are sold, one by one, still standing, like American
walnut trees. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Crispin<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">To:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Clean Cookstoves Media <<a href="mailto:media@cleancooking.org" target="_blank">media@cleancooking.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> GOOD READ: New York Times story on charcoal production and deforestation<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Clean Cooking Communicators,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As you may have seen, the <b><i>New York Times</i></b> just published
<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F07%2F13%2Fclimate%2Fcongo-river-basin-deforestation-charcoal.html&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jgdHsqV2WGZysQqsopN%2Bmdw%2BKxOLELY%2FWwc9eU53zgY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
a powerful story</a> about the under-appreciated role charcoal production is playing in deforestation in the Congo River Basin. A
<span style="color:black">charcoal producer</span> interviewed by the <i>Times</i>
<span style="color:black">aptly sums up the issue: <b>“What can you do when you see the only way to feed your family is to cut trees?”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">It’s a dilemma far too many families face each day. And while we all know clean cooking is one of the most undervalued and underfunded tools we have to protect nature, climate</span><span lang="EN-US">,<span style="color:black">
and livelihoods – not enough people do. <u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We would love your <b>
help spreading the word about this story and the issue more broadly.</b> Below is a sample social media post and specific language that may be useful:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Post to social media channels and share with your networks: <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fcleancooking%2Fstatus%2F1547673060752310272%3Fs%3D20%26t%3DH743nG7Mt_RMzjKhhfqIfw&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qUWzxud58A%2BiBjrqcPuqm8LqjDtMUKKCmoEkdbeca2Y%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
SAMPLE TWEET HERE</a><u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-left:0cm">
<span lang="EN-US">Leave a comment on the story on the NYT website here: <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F07%2F13%2Fclimate%2Fcongo-river-basin-deforestation-charcoal.html%23commentsContainer&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lIzTVwdyDAvQ%2FQEMhxP2mzeAlUceo65UBa5eJaaDVrY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/climate/congo-river-basin-deforestation-charcoal.html#commentsContainer</a><u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-left:0cm">
<span lang="EN-US">Sample language below for comments, outreach, etc<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">TWEET THIS:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> This powerful
</span><span lang="EN-US">@nytimes story highlights how the lack of #CleanCooking is driving deforestation, harming the climate, and limiting livelihoods. Global leaders must prioritize clean cooking as a nature-based climate solution!
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fow.ly%2FLS9X50JVZWL&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BKdqM2x2ETVAjjNoz1SnFNTMHtDWV%2BrH57SyjLsPzjg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/LS9X50JVZWL</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">SAMPLE LANGUAGE:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<li style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Clean cooking is one of the most undervalued and underfunded tools we have to protect nature, climate</span><span lang="EN-US">,<span style="color:black">
and livelihoods. </span><u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We have the technology to provide clean, safe, affordable
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcleancooking.org%2Fthe-solutions%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GuvKz1ADXYo8L5Eawvsl5nv%2BVDMLfzqW2av0cDutDSE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">solutions</span></a>
<span style="color:black">–</span> <span style="color:black">but only if governments, investors</span>,<span style="color:black"> and the private sector make it a priority.</span><u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Our leaders must live up to
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fukcop26.org%2Fglasgow-leaders-declaration-on-forests-and-land-use%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=G2nKFeJgCF3Q42Iu1udUa%2BiRljviXQsmUF5XIYFoHQQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">pledges
to halt deforestation</span><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"> and align with
</span></a><span style="color:black">global finance to invest in clean cooking as a
</span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unep.org%2Fresources%2Fstate-finance-nature&data=05%7C01%7C%7C4f14f33d4df646f6f2cb08da65e2bcd7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637934321771481966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BVHXdVME2sw55DZG9L14ySXn%2F1B9G%2FAIIj6IVw62SLs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">nature-based
climate solution</span></a><span style="color:black">. </span><u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We can — and must — ensure that no one’s life is limited by the way they cook.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks, and again, please let us know if you have any questions or how we can support you.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kip<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Roboto">Kip Patrick</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Roboto"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Roboto">Senior Director, Advocacy and Communications<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Roboto">202-384-2992<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Roboto"><a href="mailto:kpatrick@CleanCooking.org" target="_blank">kpatrick@CleanCooking.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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