Edging towards hedging
This time we re not talking about hedging risks, as we have of late, but of real, live, green hedges. They help to make a brown environment greener, and more pleasant for their shade, view, flowers and fruits, and they contribute to a healthy environment, stable soil and a rich variety in plants, insects and birds. Dr Mesmin Tchindjang says that reading Spore often makes him think of hedges as a way to green the environment, especially in densely populated, urbanised areas such as in Bamiléké in the north-western Cameroon. There, he says, only one in eight households still has a hedge. 'These days villages are turning into endless lines of houses built of breeze-blocks, which have pushed out the old earth bricks we used to have. Now the separating hedges have made way for enclosing walls of reinforced concrete and blocks. If we are going to keep some sort of pleasant environment, we really should push to bring back the green hedges, otherwise we ll have lost a lot for good.' And here s his photo.
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
2002
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47663 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99603 |
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