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19/11/2012 Deforestation risks turning Somalia to desert
Jalelo, Somalia - Hassan Hussein cuts down 40 trees every month to fuel his charcoal business, fully ... 		AFP

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04/03/2012 Somalia burns through its charcoal supply
A lack of rain in the Somali state of Puntland has put thousands of people at risk of starvation.

Environmentalists ... 		Horseed Media (Somali diaspora news network)

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13/09/2011 Deforestation making Somalia famine worse, forestry experts say
Some background on one factor contributing to the severity of the famine in the Horn of Africa, from ... 		TreeHugger

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08/03/2011 Somalia: Record charcoal prices in Somaliland prompt search for alternatives
Hargeisa - Record charcoal prices in Somalia's self-declared independent region of Somaliland are ... 		IRIN Africa

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02/02/2011 The world's 10 most threatened forest hotspots
As UN marks 2011 the International Year of Forests, Conservation International highlights forest ecosystems ... 		Conservation International

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20/01/2011 Somalia: Charcoal trade booming despite ban
Nairobi - Although the export of charcoal has been banned by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government ... 		IRIN Africa

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03/01/2011 Somali navy seizes vessel loaded with charcoal off Somali coast
This new government is the first administration to take steps to curb the deforestation of Somalia, a ... 		All Headline News

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06/08/2009 Rangers v rebels: fight to save rare gorillas
A bloody battle is raging in Eastern Congo over the illegal charcoal trade that is killing the region's ... 		The Independent, Zimbabwe

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23/07/2009 Somalia's Eco-warrior
For two decades Fatima Jibrell has fought Somalia's 'charcoal terrorists', armed gangs ... 		Guardian, UK

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30/07/2007 Somalia: fighting over illegal logging kills one in northwest
Reports from Dahar in Sanag province, northwest Somalia, indicate that one person was killed and two ... 		AllAfrica.com

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