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Borderline
Part VII of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD (Voices from the forest-farm interface) Esther…
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When ancestral lands fall victim to an international border
Part VI of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD Hansen Apewe Abaloori, Akaa, Kassena–Nankana…
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Firewood for income in a degrading landscape
Part V of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD Zizigna Bagambagui, community of Gwenia,…
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Trees and wildfire worries
Part IV of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD Judith Afagachie, Nakong, Kassena–Nankana West…
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Keeping the peace in a national park buffer zone
Part III of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD Arba Sondé, Tamsé, Department of…
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Losing farmland and forest to a national park
Part II of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD Oumarou Zoundi, Koakin, Department of…
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What the world can learn from West Africa’s unheard
In the forested parklands in northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso lie diverse mosaics of cultivated fields mixed with useful…
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Cameroon: a case study of Chinese corporate social responsibility
NAIROBI, Kenya—When a continent as forest rich as Africa becomes the target of direct foreign investment – no matter what…
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WEST AFRICA SPECIAL: In Burkina Faso, small solutions and big returns
PABRE, Burkina Faso—A simple fence that protects against grazing livestock and bush fires is all it’s taken to transform three…
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WEST AFRICA SPECIAL: In Burkina Faso, disappearing rains and new realities
KALEMBOULI, Burkina Faso—The people of Kalembouli, a village of about 1,000 people in southern Burkina Faso, have no doubt that…
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New research lab a boon for next generation of scientists in Congo Basin
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon—Much attention (and millions of dollars) have been paid to determine how to mitigate and adapt to climate change…
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Climate mitigation overshadows adaptation in the Congo Basin
NAIROBI, Kenya—Spend any time reading about climate change, and you’ll notice that the words “mitigation” and “adaptation” are never far…
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In an important first for Africa, climate data ‘Made in Kenya’
NAIROBI, Kenya—The first research center of its kind in Africa is expected to generate more cost-effective and precise greenhouse gas…
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Global demand can’t loosen local control of a crucial cash crop
BOBO DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso—Global demand for Africa’s shea nuts is growing, but new research suggests that if rural women in…
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REDD+ to the rescue of Central Africa’s forests? Not yet, study says
NAIROBI, Kenya—Enforcing sustainable logging and assigning a monetary value to the carbon stored in forest concessions managed under the REDD+…
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