Butterfly farming in decline as climate change hits stocks - AlertNet

04 Jul 2011 12:00


"Local subsistence farmers, trained by the National Museum of Kenya, have made a business out of harvesting butterflies in the forest and then using them to breed pupae on their own farms. The pupae are then exported to exhibits and collectors in Europe and North America.
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But the beneficial “butterfly effect” is under threat from climate change. A prolonged drought affecting most of Kenya has hit butterfly stocks and damaged business, reducing incomes of butterfly farmers by as much as 75 percent."

Butterfly farming in decline as climate change hits stocks - AlertNet

More on Kenya Butterfly Farming on http://www.kipepeo.org/index.php Kipepeo (Swahili for butterfly) Butterfly Project