Farming green gold
Securing the future for
ZANZIBAR’S SEAWEED FARMERS Seaweed has become the green gold of the Zanzibar economy and it is becoming clear the CO2-absorbing algae is just as vital to the future of the planet. An innovative new partnership is aiming for a win-win – boosting incomes for the tens of thousands of seaweed farmers on the archipelago while restoring important coastal ecosystems. Here we find out more about the scheme being piloted on Unguja and Pemba as well as revealing what makes seaweed so super. Mark Edwards reports. Photography: Main image Rosa van Ederen. All other images Roshni Lodhia / The Nature Conservancy
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