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Africa forest cover accounts for 23 percent of its planned area. Africa is also home to the most significant proportion of forest-dependent subsistence households globally. More than half of...
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Global Stocktake: African climate needs should be smart and measurable.
During the 28th United Nations climate summit, hosted by the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in December 2023, the first global stocktake, which is intended to map out the path to achieving the Paris Agreement’s main objectives, will conclude. The global stocktake,...
How have religion, colonialism, and education affected Barotse Floodplain conservation?
“After colonialism, religion depicted that we “Africans” lived in a satanic manner,” argues Florence Monde Mwauluka the Limulunga la Makuwa craft women’s club founder. Mwauluka, is a woman of 85 years old from Mongu district of Zambia’s Western Province. How is Mwauluka and other women...
Barotseland: where women protecting the floodplain has nothing to show financially.
The Barotse floodplain is a vast land area classified as a Ramsar site, with over 300 bird species and over 130 documented fish species. When flooded, it can reach over 550 000 hectares, acting as a sponge that slowly releases water to the nearby...
Is there a solution to the persisting water crisis in Zimbabwe?
Is there a solution to the persisting water crisis in Zimbabwe? I ask Professor Tamuka Nhiwatiwa, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biological Sciences, University Lake Kariba Research Station, at the University of Zimbabwe. Tamuka says Harare city in Zimbabwe is built on...
How African spiritualism has helped conserve Zambia’s Barotse floodplain
When the Lozi people migrated to the Barotse Floodplains in western Zambia about 400 years ago, they heaped soil on platforms and settled in the floodplain without destroying it. The Lozi developed canals they use to access villages and farmlands and instilled African cultural...
The Barotse floodplain: it’s importance threats and solutions.
Did you know that the Barotse floodplain, located in the upper Zambezi basin in Zambia’s western province, has over 339 bird species and over 129 documented fish species? When flooded, it can reach over 550 000 hectares, acting as a sponge that slowly releases...
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Global Stocktake: African climate needs should be smart and measurable.