ECONOMIST Highvie Hamududu says the indication by government that it is considering a debt-for-nature swap is a good opportunity for Zambia to benefit from carbon trading. Recently, government disclosed that the country was considering a debt-for-nature swap to keep reducing its overseas obligations. In an interview, Monday, Hamududu said given its huge land mass, carbon trading was a wonderful opportunity for Africa to raise money for development. “That is a good opportunity. Generally, Zambia and Africa with huge land mass has an opportunity called carbon trading. Carbon trading issues have been there for some time but countries that have that flexibility to green their country to regenerate nature and so on will mitigate the depletion of the ozone layer and...