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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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