Africa
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How community conservancies are restoring wildlife and biodiversity in Zambia’s KAZA Corridor
Across Africa, conserving biodiversity while supporting rural livelihoods has become an increasingly complex challenge. In Zambia’s Nyawa Chiefdom, this tension is particularly pronounced. Once…
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From drought to abundance: How climate-smart farming is transforming lives in Eastern Rwanda
Rwanda, situated in Eastern Africa, is a country of many hills, steep terrains and a vibrant population that depends heavily…
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Detecting the invisible: A breakthrough in the fight against swollen shoot in Côte d’Ivoire
In Vavoua, in west-central Côte d’Ivoire, a group of cocoa farmers gathers under a wooden shelter as they often do…
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Born in the Sahel, now global: A soil assessment method reshaping restoration science
Twenty years ago in Mali, Tor-Gunnar Vågen and colleagues began experimenting with a methodology to assess and map soil and land health; today, that early work has amplified into a framework with myriad applications for restoration across landscapes. …
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Ethiopia advanced national agroecology strategy with strong stakeholder consensus
“The main reason why agroecology has become so important is that collectively we have realized that we cannot work in…
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Educate, train, enforce: Towards a sustainable wild meat trade in Central Africa
Policies that seem sound on paper often falter in practice, as shown by ongoing efforts to regulate wild meat markets…
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Long-term finance and quality tree seed are key to Africa’s restoration, experts say
“Anyone can plant a tree. But restoring a degraded forest landscape requires a lot of skills. You need the right…
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Scaling up agroecology for Africa’s climate-resilient future
A call to scale investment in agroecology for climate resilience took centre stage at the second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2)…
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From the ground up: Farmer-managed natural regeneration revives degraded lands in Africa
When Tony Rinaudo first attempted to restore land through tree planting in Niger over four decades ago, his initial attempts…
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Seedballs: A simple innovation helping farmers face climate extremes
In the semi-arid plains of Northern Cameroon, every seed sown is a wager against the weather. Erratic rains, depleted soils…
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Building resilience through innovations in northern Cameroon
When late rains, sudden floods and unexpected dry spells after sowing threatened her groundnut harvest – and with it her…
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Prioritizing options for women’s empowerment and resilience in Malawi’s food tree value chains
Women’s empowerment in Malawi is central to food security and economic stability. Across the country, women are responsible for much…
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Defining ‘sustainable use’ of wildlife in West and Central Africa: is it possible?
Forests News sat down with Charles Emogor, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge and the Center for International…
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Faith and science align on Africa climate resilience at Vatican-led summit
As the early morning sun lit the green hills around Nairobi on the cusp of July, a quiet urgency gripped…
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Great Green Wall: Five lessons on restoring land and peace
Land degradation is both a cause and consequence of conflict, fuelling a vicious cycle that renders societies, economies and ecosystems…
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