As forests, mangroves are very adaptable and can handle a lot of disturbances. “I don’t support planting mangroves; instead, I support finding entire answers to the problems that mangroves face” says Dr. Judith Okello, a senior study scientist and mangrove ecologist at the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Institute. When you plant, “you don’t get to…
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Lusaka Zambia: Zambia has a proactive 2015 Forest Act that brings together stakeholders, including local people, to manage and conserve the nation’s forests. However, substantial deforestation is being caused by mineral mining, logging of indigenous species like as rosewood and African teak, and conversion of forest areas for agriculture. Is there anything you can do…
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Forests and savannahs provide a wide variety of ecosystem services. They provide food and fuel. Additionally, they clean the air, filter water, and control floods, and erosion, while sustaining biodiversity. However, over the years human beings have plundered the earth prioritizing development needs over the environment. Kenya’s Olo0lua forest an urban forest located about half…
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70 percent of GLF Africa participants were aged between 18 to 35 making up 3000 of the 7000 registered participants. Cities Alliance, a global partnership fighting urban poverty and promoting the role of cities, notes that almost 60 percent of Africa’s more than 1 billion people are under the age of 25, making Africa the…
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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 the continent’s population relies directly or indirectly on the forests for livelihoods. Ines Angulo, the Forest Investment Project (FIP)coordinator at the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), says…
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