It is now generating dramatically increased incomes, new jobs, and new skills. Appreciation of its economic value is resulting in greater preservation of karite trees, consequently helping stem deforestation and desertification. The Solutions Site's Nigerian Intern reported that the Department Wildlife and Fisheries of the University of Ibadan is working to replicate the karite initiative. Italian companies are buying the karite for use in chocolates and one can buy karite skin ointments from health food stores and luxury UK department stores such as Harrods. A manufacturer of hair pomade and other health products based in Brooklyn, New York, who read about karite on the Solutions Site, wrote saying he uses large quantities of shea butter in his company's products and is interested in doing business with this women's cooperative.
Life swirls around a waterhole in Kalahari woodland at the dry season's height.
Few vistas on earth better illustrate the vitality of a wild region whose biodiversity remains virtually intact. Your recommendations of solutions would be greatly appreciated along with the information needed to make direct contacts with the appropriate people involved.