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 …
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 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 …
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 …