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Acacia bushes make great charcoal. However, in Namibia, the overgrowth of the acacia through “bush encroachment” threatens open grasslands needed for people and wildlife alike. In fact, bush encroachment is also endangering the cheetahs in Namibia that need these grasslands to hunt.
The Good Charcoal hardwood lump and Super Briquettes are made using sustainably harvested Acacia bush. To date, our farmers have cleared and restored more than 40,000 acres to their natural habitat.
Fertile grasslands choked by encroaching acacia bush overgrowth damage native plant and animal species diversity. Since 1940, 40 million hectares of grassland, roughly the size of Montana, have become overgrown by dense thorny plant species like the acacia bush, limiting access to prey needed for cheetahs’ very survival.
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“The world’s fastest land animal is in trouble. The cheetah, formerly found across much of Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, has been extirpated from at least 27 countries and is now on the Red List of threatened species.”