Raw cotton

Raw cotton ready to processed. The dry forest and woodlands of Africa cover 54% of the continent and support some 64% of its population through the provision of a wide range of environmental goods and services.

Photo by Michael Balinga/CIFOR

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Keywords:

Africa, dry forests, systems, income, economic impact, CIFOR, nontimber forest products, trees, kapok, harvesting, pulp and paper products, ecosystem services, household expenditure, pulp and paper industry, poverty alleviation, dry, horizontal, cotton, household income.