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    Even in this dire situation, a ray of hope has emerged. Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust aims to reverse the decline and save the species. They’ve built and staffed 13 nurseries on Mount Mulanje to produce and plant 1.2m seedlings over four years. Men, proud to be working to create rather than destroy, show off their newly sprouted seedlings in one of the nurseries.
    One of the problems driving tree poaching is a lack of economic opportunity. Tea picking is one formal industry around Mount Mulanje.
    One of the problems driving tree poaching is a lack of economic opportunity. Tea picking is one formal industry around Mount Mulanje.
    Under protection from Malawi’s Department of Forestry, harvesting Mulanje cedar is against the law, but enforcement is lax, and even forestry officials are implicated in tree poaching. Illegal harvesters are axing the remaining trees towards extinction without threat of punishment.
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