A LAMPETER project is helping local communities in Kenya plant over half a million trees to help in the fight against climate change.

The Community Carbon Link has so far grown over 130,000 seedlings and are very much on their way to their target of 500,000.

The project works with resourceful women farmers in Bore to help them conserve their endangered tropical forest, which is crucial for absorbing carbon dioxide and providing essential shade in times of extreme heat.

Cat Jones, partnership manager at Hub Cymru Africa who recently visited the project, said: “Seeing the project first-hand helped me understand how the local community of mid Wales is forging important partnerships which can go some way to addressing the impacts of climate change.”

Ru Hartwell of the Community Carbon Link said: “The local communities in Bore have set up and manage three tree nurseries and once the rains come, they will start distributing the seedlings to 124 partner schools and community groups.”

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