Legislative Frameworks: The Key to an Energy Transition Focused on Human Rights
Clear frameworks for community benefit sharing in the mining and renewable energy sectors are essential. However, Manson Gwanyanya, the...
Clear frameworks for community benefit sharing in the mining and renewable energy sectors are essential. However, Manson Gwanyanya, the...
Our children are the next generation. We, as humans, pass on our legacy to them, whether good or bad....
This week, I was visiting a town in Makueni County, located in the southeastern part of Kenya. About an...
Humanly speaking everything existing in nature from forests, minerals, oceans, water bodies, and other natural resources are seen as...
Women in Olailamutia, a town in Kenya’s Narok County, have had problems with diarrhoea, stomachaches, and skin rashes for...
In today’s episode, we meet Isaac Macharia, a Kenyan social entrepreneur with Marafiki Community International who makes cabins out...
Masai Mara Kenya: Glass waste consists of 4 percent of municipal solid waste generated in Africa. In Kenya’s Narok...
Lake Ol’ Bolossat is the only lake in the Kenyan highlands, situated in Nyandarua County, about a three and...
Not only are local communities and organisations essential for conservation but also for addressing issues of sustainability, poverty reduction,...
“After colonialism, religion depicted that we “Africans” lived in a satanic manner,” argues Florence Monde Mwauluka the Limulunga la Makuwa...
Barotseland Zambia: The Barotse floodplain is a vast land area classified as a Ramsar site, with over 300 bird...
Zimbabwe: Is there a solution to the persisting water crisis in Zimbabwe? I ask Professor Tamuka Nhiwatiwa, a Senior...
Mongu, Western Zambia: According to African eco-spiritualism, the human being is a steward, not a master of the earth....
Western Zambia: Did you know that the Barotse floodplain, located in Zambia’s western province’s upper Zambezi basin, is home...
Lusaka Zambia: Zambia has a proactive 2015 Forest Act that brings together stakeholders, including local people, to manage and...
Njambini Kenya: Long before people began farming, many bird species adapted to exist in open environments such as grasslands....
Njambini Kenya: The Kinangop Plateau is located about an hour and a half’s drive from Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city....
Limuru Kenya: The Kereita forest in Kenya is a crucial water catchment area and home to the endangered Abbott’s Starling bird as well as threatened tree species such as Prunus africana, which is threatened for its medicinal value. The Kikuyu Escarpment Forest is made up of eight blocks, one of which being Kereita Forest. The escarpment is part of the southern Aberdare or Nyandarua Mountains, an isolated volcanic range that forms the Great Rift Valley’s easternmost border. Kereita Forest covers an area of 4,722 hectares. 80% of the trees here are indigenous, with the remaining 20% being planted. This forest’s rivers and streams flow into the Athi River downstream, making it a major water catchment area.The Athi River is Kenya’s second-longest river. Why is biodiversity important not just for wild creatures but also for human survival? In the 1970s, the local people raided the forest for firewood to stay warm during the cold weather. Deforestation peaked in the early 1990s, according to Mary Wambui, a 60-year-old mother of five who lives approximately two kilometres from Kereita forest. Kenyan officials prohibited access to the forest. However, local women would still sneak into the forest on a daily basis because wood was the sole source of heat for their families. At the same time, a group of young locals dedicated to defend Kereita Forest formed. They began educating the villagers about alternative energy sources such as biogas and fuel-efficient stoves. The group urged them to plant trees on their fields and to experiment with novel farming and culinary ways in order to protect the forest and its resources. How have conservation efforts aided in the preservation of this Kenyan forest?
Nairobi Kenya: Biodiversity refers to the variety of life on Earth as well as the natural patterns it creates....
Happy New Year: 2023.Last year the year 2022, the average global temperature was about 1.15 degrees Celsius. 2022 marks...
Kenyan minority indigenous community – the Endorois live around Lake Bogoria in Baringo County in Kenya’s Rift valley.In 1970’s...
Today in a special program swap with DW- Living Planet we here how climate change is impacting women in...
Professor Paul Kimani, a plant breeder and lecturer at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences at Kenya’s University...
Kibera- the biggest informal settlement in Kenya and possibly in the African continent. According to UN-Habitat, Kibera has the...
In 2019, Kenya imported 185,000 tones of second-hand clothing or mitumba – about 8,000 containers. The clothes and shoes...
Urban development in Kenya’s Capital city, Nairobi, started when Nairobi was established as a railway headquarters in the late...
The IPCC has released the Working Group II report prepared by 270 scientists from 67 countries on the latest...
Tiny particles in the air reduce visibility. Also, cause the air to appear hazy when levels are elevated. Often...
Accra Ghana: Ghana began monitoring air quality in 1996. Over the years, several sectors have collaborated to reduce air...
Africa attracted about five percent of development funding and less than four percent of philanthropy funding to fight air...
Cities in Africa are fast-growing. Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to have 13 megacities by 2100. A 2021 UN Environment...
Did you know that you breathe about 150 liters of air daily and that the air you breathe goes...
Africa’s growth has been accelerating for the last twenty years. Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Africa was on track to...
A recent report on education by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows that 1 in...
This December, I thought it best to look back into our communities as we approach the holiday season. Today,...
Africa representing over 17 percent of the world population, is responsible for less than four percent of global emissions....
A 2021 report Climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) notes that...
This week, we are talking about empowering children to conserve biodiversity and the environment. It is what Miti Alliance...
Did you know that a third of Africa’s forests have already been lost, mainly to charcoal production? Yes, that...
Today we are in Kenya’s Nakuru County in a town named Mai Mahiu meaning “hot water” about 60kms drive...
Green spaces are shrinking as cities prioritise development over the environment. However, Korogocho is one of the largest slums...
In Kenya, John Mwaura Kiriko, a businessperson from Kikuyu town about 20 kilometres from Nairobi city, is growing fish...
In 2016, the Nyongara River flowing out of the Ondiri Wetland in Kikuyu town, Kenya about 20 kilometres from...
We are at the Rwenshama fish landing site in Uganda at the shores of Lake Edward, one of the...
Zinder Niger: Zinder Faiza Habou, a 17-year-old secondary school student from Zinder, Niger’s second largest city, and her mother...
In Africa, pastoralists use natural indicators such as migratory birds and certain plant species to migrates. But due to...
70 percent of GLF Africa participants were aged between 18 to 35 making up 3000 of the 7000 registered...
Today Salina Abraham, the Global Landscape Forum strategic adviser joins me as we investigate what was achieved last week...
The Global Landscape Forum Africa 2021 kicks off tomorrow, the 2nd June, for two days. The digital conference dubbed...
Every year, research by the World Resources Institute WRI indicates that Africa losses nearly 3 million hectares of forests....
African drylands are home to more than half a billion people who live and work in the drylands. “We...
Africa forest cover accounts for 23 percent of its planned area. Africa is also home to the most significant...
According to Prof Muthoni Masinde, a Kenyan born computer scientist, who created a mobile app, Information Technology, and Indigenous...
Change of weather is not a new phenomenon. From the time in memorial, communities understood how the weather patterns...
The transport sector accounts for at least 22percent of all global related carbon dioxide emissions according to the International...
Most of Maasai Mara landscape is arid and semi-arid. As people, their livestock and the wild animals share the...
Research is critical for development. The Africa Union has set a target of one percent of GDP to be...
The African Union has set a target of 1 percent of GDP to be invested in research and development...
What is science Journalism all about? Is it essential given this Covid19 and climate change times? In this week’s...
Dealing with Covid19 has proved, if there is a will, there is a way to provide more finance to...
In April 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the UN postponed to 2021 a critical climate summit known as...
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), estimates that Covid-19 could cause Africa’s economies to shrink by between 1.8...
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