Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, it has been heavily deforested. The deforestation has been to clear land for an expanding populat

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Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, it has been heavily deforested. The deforestation has been to clear land for an expanding population to have access to land to grow subsistence crops and also to make charcoal, which is the main cooking fuel in Malawi. Here men carry timber illegally logged off the Zomba Plateau.

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