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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Bagpipe Wood Goes Green; African Villagers to Profit


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Workers process African blackwood, prized for bagpipes and other musical instruments, in an undated picture taken in Tanzania. A new eco-certification program for the wood is expected to benefit two Tanzanian villages.

Photograph courtesy Mpingo Conservation Project