Thursday, April 14, 2011

Climate Change - 100 Endangered Places and How to Save Them - Newsweek

Climate Change - 100 Endangered Places and How to Save Them - Newsweek: "udan The largest country in Africa, Sudan is the world’s biggest single producer of gum arabic. A thick belt of hashab trees (Acacia senegal), from which the gum is extracted, stretches from one end of the country to the other, supporting small-scale farmers. In the past 50 years, drought has taken a toll on the forests and on the production of gum."

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