Why planting mangroves is not the solution.
As forests, mangroves are very adaptable and can handle a lot of disturbances. “I don’t support planting mangroves; instead,...
Empowering Women, Revitalizing Mangroves: A Story from Kenya
Munje, Mswambeni Kenya, In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 15 women came together to preserve a portion of mangrove...
Meet a Kenyan community saving the coral reefs.
Along the Pate-Kiunga area in Lamu County, a small archipelago north of Mombasa in Kenya, Coral reefs have degraded...
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...
Barotseland: where women protecting the floodplain has nothing to show financially.
Barotseland Zambia: The Barotse floodplain is a vast land area classified as a Ramsar site, with over 300 bird...
Is there a solution to the persisting water crisis in Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe: Is there a solution to the persisting water crisis in Zimbabwe? I ask Professor Tamuka Nhiwatiwa, a Senior...
How African spiritualism has helped conserve Zambia’s Barotse floodplain
Mongu, Western Zambia: According to African eco-spiritualism, the human being is a steward, not a master of the earth....
How Kenyan and Seychelles youths are solving the plastic menace
Kibera- the biggest informal settlement in Kenya and possibly in the African continent. According to UN-Habitat, Kibera has the...
Kenya, to succeed in Blue Economy, invest in research and local communities advices scientist
Mombasa Kenya: Blue economy sector such as fisheries and aquaculture are critical for achieving rapid and long-term gains for food...
Kenyan coastal community fattens crabs to save mangroves.
Youth at Dabaso village at Mida Creek Watamu, a small coastal town in Kenya north of Mombasa, have been...
Kenyan coastal youths replanting mangroves invites back village delicacy
Watamu Kenya: Mangrove forests that formed the ocean shoreline at Majaoni village along Mtwapa Creek in Mombasa County collapsed...