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Startling claims featuring wide disparities have been made about the extent to which felling wood for tobacco curing has caused deforestation. And with estimates suggesting that flue cured tobacco ...
COMPANIES in the tobacco industry have launched an association aimed curbing the deforestation which is being caused by growers of the crop in the country. Zimbabwe: Tobacco Firms to Curb ...
According to the report, tobacco growing contributes to deforestation, with a tree lost for every 300 cigarettes produced. “Tobacco threatens us all,” WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan said.
Zimbabwe is in danger of losing out on significant foreign currency from tobacco exports in the next 10 years if the wanton cutting down of trees without a corresponding replacement is not enforced.
Zimbabwe, the largest producer of tobacco in Africa and sixth globally, is looking to turn tobacco farming into a $5bn industry by 2025. It is one of the biggest foreign currency earners for the ...
TREE cutting for tobacco curing, cooking and charcoal has contributed to deforestation in West Nile, the Arua district forestry officer has said. Tobacco blamed for deforestation - New Vision Official ...