Promote Clean Cooking, Not Deforestation

“Other regions have oil; we have mountains and forests. Go to the forests and collect firewood,” presidential candidate Nandala Mafabi is quoted in the media to have said during his campaign in Sebei yesterday.

But when communities are encouraged to deplete forests, what will hold the soil when the rains come? What will protect us from mudslides?

We would have loved to hear a pledge for alternative cooking fuels instead.

It is time to promote clean cooking solutions that are sustainable, inclusive, and resilient to protect both our forests and the vulnerable communities.