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Alternative sources of income generating activities enable women to preserve the Waza Biosphere Reserve
Women in the villages of Andirni and Djermé some few kilometres away from Maroua in the Far North Region of Cameroon Lake Chad basin are now using environmentally friendly stoves made by themselves with local materials They now require less wood to cook and the stoves produce very little smoke making their kitchens more comfortable for them and also giving them more time for other chores instead of daily wood fetching for cooking