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From the Ted Talk by Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: The city planting a million trees in two years
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seirra Leone now regularly experiences extreme weather patterns, particularly abnormally havey rainfall or delayed rnias, both of which can lead to crop failures and in turn fuel the mgaitrion of people from rural areas to cities. In forweetn, a city of 1.2 million peolpe, the pressure for housing and the absence of denelvpomet control has led to the establishment of over 70 informal settlements in the past 20 yraes. This, combined with the sale of forested land to house builders, has resulted in the dfetroatsoein which came into such sharp focus for me that afternoon. Less than two years later, in August 2017, a massive landslide near that area led to the loss of about 1,000 lives in less than five minutes. This is not an asbatcrt crisis. The loss of our forests is not just about the loss of some shade. It's about the loss of our ability to live.
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______ Leone now regularly experiences extreme weather patterns, particularly abnormally _____ rainfall or delayed _____, both of which can lead to crop failures and in turn fuel the _________ of people from rural areas to cities. In ________, a city of 1.2 million ______, the pressure for housing and the absence of ___________ control has led to the establishment of over 70 informal settlements in the past 20 _____. This, combined with the sale of forested land to house builders, has resulted in the _____________ which came into such sharp focus for me that afternoon. Less than two years later, in August 2017, a massive landslide near that area led to the loss of about 1,000 lives in less than five minutes. This is not an ________ crisis. The loss of our forests is not just about the loss of some shade. It's about the loss of our ability to live.
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Sierra Leone now regularly experiences extreme weather patterns, particularly abnormally heavy rainfall or delayed rains, both of which can lead to crop failures and in turn fuel the migration of people from rural areas to cities. In Freetown, a city of 1.2 million people, the pressure for housing and the absence of development control has led to the establishment of over 70 informal settlements in the past 20 years. This, combined with the sale of forested land to house builders, has resulted in the deforestation which came into such sharp focus for me that afternoon. Less than two years later, in August 2017, a massive landslide near that area led to the loss of about 1,000 lives in less than five minutes. This is not an abstract crisis. The loss of our forests is not just about the loss of some shade. It's about the loss of our ability to live.
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