How to sustainably practise pastoralists in the age of climate change.
In Africa, approximately 51 million square miles of land – 43% percent – of the continent is classified as rangeland. Mostly occupied by pastoralists, rangelands …
Listen to our voices while restoring degraded lands, says African youths.
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 …
Restoring African drylands: What’s next?
Today Salina Abraham, the Global Landscape Forum strategic adviser joins me as we investigate what was achieved last week during the conference. In this conversation …
Why is GLF Africa 2021 critical to African drylands now?
The Global Landscape Forum Africa 2021 kicks off tomorrow, the 2nd June, for two days. The digital Th The conference will play an essential role …
Ambitious African Forest restoration: What is the progress?
Every year, research by the World Resources Institute WRI indicates that Africa losses nearly 3 million hectares of forests. The continents 65% of the land …
Solar-powered boreholes liberate Zambia’s Kafue Basin from wild fruits.
In 2014, the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) under the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) funded the Strengthening climate resilience project in the Kafue sub-Basin in Zambia. …
Local people critical in restoration of African drylands.
African drylands are home to more than half a billion people who live and work in the drylands. “We need to rethink restoration within the …
Energy Shift: How can Africa ensure a just transition?
In 2019, the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources (UNU-INRA) report on Africa’s stranded assets warned that Africa must forego burning 90percent of known …
Restoration of the African Drylands Series Trailer
The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Africa Conference Digital 2021 conference will be happening on the 2nd and 3rd of June this year. It is the …
Energy access: why women are catalysts for change.
Climate change impacts men and women differently. When the COVID-19 pandemic has led to income losses increasing the poverty burden in many countries, Sheila Oparaocha, …
It’s a wrap for the climate change impacts on mental health series.
Mental health is not often directly linked to climate change. In Kenya climate change effects are among things associated with the rising depression, suicide, post-traumatic …
Restoring Critical African forests
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. …