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"Jocelyn knew only one way to live. Growing up next to the Manombo Special
Reserve in southeast Madagascar, his family taught him from a young age to see
the forest as a source of income. His grandfather had been a logger, cutting
trees for timber and burning wood to make charcoal to sell. His grandfather
taught his father, and his father taught him.
It was dangerous work. He risked landing in jail for illegal logging every time
he ventured into the protected reserve. “I needed to feed my family,” recalled
Jocelyn, who doesn’t use a surname; the vegetables he grew near his house
weren’t enough. He also needed money for health care. Once, when his wife was
pregnant and fell ill, he sold all of their plates and pans to pay for
treatment at a government clinic. She wound up losing the baby anyway.
Then in 2019, Jocelyn went to a meeting that upended his life. Representatives
from an American nonprofit, Health In Harmony, asked villagers who lived around
the forest: “What do you need from the world as a thank you to continue to
protect this precious rainforest that the health of our planet depends on?” The
answers across 31 villages were consistent: health care, job alternatives and
help growing food for their families."
Via
The Fixer March 15, 2023:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
