Can women save the planet? ...

Many of Africa's women are trapped in a vicious circle of poverty and environmental destruction.

Poverty forces people to take what they can from the land and environmental destruction results in yet more poverty.

In Africa, trees are being chopped down at an alarming rate.

Every year, forests roughly the size of Togo are cleared, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.

Many of these trees are being cut down for firewood, which is generally collected by women.
Drought, over-cultivation and overgrazing are other reasons why close to half of the continent's land is now affected by desertification.



"...Why do women damage the environment? And what are women doing to help save the planet? Do women hold the answer to Africa's environmental problems?..."


is it true that women destuct the enviroments??