Forget trying to grow hybrid maize - Africa already has all the crops, storage systems and knowledge that it needs to grow itself out of poverty
… | 23rd November 2009 Comment Food And Farming Africa Crops Poverty … Forget trying to grow hybrid maize - Africa already has all the crops, storage … Professor Wangari Maathai , and then with the African Biodiversity Network , Kenyan …
'The question was whether to die of hunger or coronavirus.'
… Heywood writes in the Daily Maverick in South Africa: "After 24 days of lockdown, the social … children will break any lockdown. In South Africa, for example, many people say that the … internet and diapers thrown in. Testing South Africa is a poor country. But the average …
We need global solidarity to deliver climate jobs.
… deep cuts in countries like China and South Africa, which already have higher emissions … made Europe richer, and colonialism made Africa and Asia poorer. So it is monstrously … And any massive climate jobs project in South Africa, Bolivia, Nigeria or Bangladesh would …
How can we centre community organising and mutual aid in response to coronavirus?
… of people with AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa could not afford them. But gay men in South Africa were instrumental in founding the Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa. That campaign launched a mass …
Climate school-strikers are leading a powerful, internationalist revolt against climate change.
… Delhi in 2012, to Rhodes University in South Africa, to Buenos Aries and across Latin … the Arab world and south to the rest of Africa, to Greece and Spain and to Occupy in … pool of the Med, the xenophobia in South Africa, hating Muslims in India, hating Roma …
The rich want to end the lockdown. But before any government does this we need mass testing, proper equipment for essential workers and real protections for the most vulnerable.
… moral authority. In places like India, South Africa, Sicily, parts of the US, Pakistan and … financial support for those working. South Africa, for example, has a cruel and brutal …
Illegally caught 'dirty' fish threatens local fishermen, consumer health and the future of the world's fisheries. The EJF's Pirate Fishing Campaign is tackling the problem head on
… links between pirate fishing in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, the illegal … which dominate the pirate fishery in West Africa, carry import numbers designated by the … numbers by pirate fishing vessels in West Africa is believed to be widespread, making …
A pioneering Disney nature film has become a powerful tool to protect threatened flamingos on Tanzania's Lake Natron
… Consultative Group - a coalition of 49 mainly African institutions was formed to urge the … the project. Birdlife International Officer (Africa) Chris Magin says ‘we believe that … world's population. There is no other lake in Africa - no other lake in the world - where …
More people are turning to eco communities as a viable alternative to urban life. Laura Sevier reports
… North America) and developing world (Africa and South America) have a similar … www.ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us Mbam, Senegal, Africa Located in the Siné-Saloum delta, at … of GEN is the first network of its kind in Africa. This UN ECOSOC NGO works with 45 …
Pollyanna Pickering on being one of the few westerners to see a giant panda in the wild, saving the Abyssinian Wolf and how art has led her to a greater appreciation of the natural world...
… project based at the De Wildt Centre in South Africa - I act as UK Ambassador for this … them in safe reserves elsewhere in South Africa. So far over 140 cheetahs have been …
The world leaders meeting at COP26 will fail not because of personal failings but because of the capitalist system that they need to confront.
… of China and India, of Brazil and South Africa, will have to organise and act for the … colonialism became in office in India, South Africa, Algeria, Egypt and so many other … in the former colonial world, in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Moreover, those …
The renowned primatologist and conservationist on the need for scientific empathy, the impact of economic development, and why children give her hope for the future
… says three-year study INVESTIGATION Who needs Africa's land more: us or wildlife? An … people and economics means that land in Africa is becoming more valuable - and more …
Dr Jane Goodall on chimpanzee emotion, life on the road and optimism
… one to two million chimpanzees living in the African forests. Today, there are fewer than … a place as wild and presumably dangerous as Africa. As a woman, entering the … and development programs in Africa and Roots & Shoots. Jane is global …
Greta Thunberg's 'stand with Gaza' is a historic moment for the global climate movement.
… that he had been urging nonviolence on young African Americans rioters. They had replied to … know this, all over the world. It is why African Americans and people of colour are so … are people of colour. Most people in Africa, Asia and Latin America know this too. …
An installation featuring giant tropical tree stumps in Trafalgar square is designed to symbolise threatened rainforest trees throughout the world
… of devastation, giant tree stumps from an African rainforest are the last thing you … Last year it became the first country in Africa to enter the VPA (Voluntary Partnership …
The plans currently under consideration for saving forests might help the trees, but they could ride roughshod over indigenous communities. Here are some ways to change that
… with forest peoples in South America, Central Africa, and South and South East Asia to help …
The Texas blackouts are the latest deadly consequence of climate breakdown. And a Green New Deal and climate jobs are the solution.
… field in Mpumulanga, in the east of South Africa. A massive power plant dominates the … will seek to import electricity from North Africa. The Philippines, an archipelago of …
Wisdom only begins when we let in the grief and rage of understanding climate breakdown. Can we find radical hope in the face of social collapse around the world?
… I have a dream. In Mozambique, or South Africa, or anywhere, those who suffer collapse … And a million climate jobs in South Africa. I have often mentioned this dream in …