The forests in eastern Zimbabwe supply the country with wood and most of its fresh fruit. But the removal of large numbers of trees and use of fire to clear land have caused a lot of damage to the area. Officials say Zimbabwe lost more than 1.5 million hectares of forest in 2016. This is mostly because of local communities cutting the trees for firewood or setting fires in forested areas to make hunting easier. But now a non-profit group, called Environment Africa, is trying to improve the situation. Environment Africa is teaching farmers to raise bees. The group is working in the Mutasa district, near the country’s border with Mozambique. And it has already helped about 1,500 farmers.
Title: Farmers Raising Bees Help Protect Zimbabwe’s Forests
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1925/bee_farmers.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Farmers Raising Bees Help Protect Zimbabwes Forests' data-article-id='2442'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9833'>The forests in eastern Zimbabwe supply the country with wood and most of its fresh fruit.</span> <span data-start-time='9833' data-end-time='21458'>But the removal of large numbers of trees and use of fire to clear land have caused a lot of damage to the area.</span> <span data-start-time='21458' data-end-time='32750'>Officials say Zimbabwe lost more than 1.5 million hectares of forest in 2016.</span> <span data-start-time='32750' data-end-time='46896'>This is mostly because of local communities cutting the trees for firewood or setting fires in forested areas to make hunting easier.</span> <span data-start-time='46896' data-end-time='56021'>But now a non-profit group, called Environment Africa, is trying to improve the situation.</span> <span data-start-time='56021' data-end-time='61896'>Environment Africa is teaching farmers to raise bees.</span> <span data-start-time='61896' data-end-time='69563'>The group is working in the Mutasa district, near the country’s border with Mozambique.</span> <span data-start-time='69563' data-end-time='76750'>And it has already helped about 1,500 farmers.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' 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