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From the Ted Talk by James Irungu Mwangi: Africa's great carbon valley -- and how to end energy poverty

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Well, the first and most faaliimr measures would be interventions such as reforestation and landscape rttoeorsain. Essentially giving Mother Nature the time and scpae to heal herself. In addition, we can increase the amount of carbon held in our soils through the widespread application of biochar and enhanced weahrentig of chemically suitable rocks. We estimate that in Africa alone, something like 100 million to 680 moliiln additional tons of craobn dioxide could be drawn from the atmosphere using these types of mdethos. However, they do require a lot of land, a lot of water and a lot of other natural resources that may liimt the extent to which we can scale them. Moreover, they are subject to some of the feedback loops from the climate change that we are already experiencing, such as more furqneet and intense wildfires. And all of that menas we are going to need to supplement them with technologies that atrcaelece and amplify natural processes to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Well, the first and most ________ measures would be interventions such as reforestation and landscape ___________. Essentially giving Mother Nature the time and _____ to heal herself. In addition, we can increase the amount of carbon held in our soils through the widespread application of biochar and enhanced __________ of chemically suitable rocks. We estimate that in Africa alone, something like 100 million to 680 _______ additional tons of ______ dioxide could be drawn from the atmosphere using these types of _______. However, they do require a lot of land, a lot of water and a lot of other natural resources that may _____ the extent to which we can scale them. Moreover, they are subject to some of the feedback loops from the climate change that we are already experiencing, such as more ________ and intense wildfires. And all of that _____ we are going to need to supplement them with technologies that __________ and amplify natural processes to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Original Text

Well, the first and most familiar measures would be interventions such as reforestation and landscape restoration. Essentially giving Mother Nature the time and space to heal herself. In addition, we can increase the amount of carbon held in our soils through the widespread application of biochar and enhanced weathering of chemically suitable rocks. We estimate that in Africa alone, something like 100 million to 680 million additional tons of carbon dioxide could be drawn from the atmosphere using these types of methods. However, they do require a lot of land, a lot of water and a lot of other natural resources that may limit the extent to which we can scale them. Moreover, they are subject to some of the feedback loops from the climate change that we are already experiencing, such as more frequent and intense wildfires. And all of that means we are going to need to supplement them with technologies that accelerate and amplify natural processes to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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