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A short film about the relationship between beekeepers and forests. With around 30,000 beehives dotted across Community Conservation areas in the Eastern province of Zambia, COMACO is empowering 7,000 beekeepers whose beehives are placed in apiaries located in forests.

Unlike farming, which requires clearing of land, beekeeping is a less intrusive form of land use but its low-key presence generates significant social, economic, and environmental benefits: it creates employment, keeps people in rural areas, and helps to sustain the forest’s ecological balance. This collaborative enterprise brings together people who establish cooperative networks that connect them to environment, community, and consumers which is facilitated by COMACO.