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What are the challenges facing forests in Africa? 2024 Dryland Restoration Steward Kamanzi Claudine Courtesy of Kamanzi Claudine Kamanzi Claudine, Rwanda Kamanzi Claudine, the GLF’s 2024 Dryland Restoration Steward, studies conservation agriculture and is the founder of the Forest4Life project She is based in the Bugesera district of Rwanda, which is an area of dryland forests with low annual rainfall More than 65 percent of the area’s
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