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November 30

Africa: Charting the History of Agriculture and Climate Change

A new infographic that maps the progress of the agricultural sector in addressing climate change throughout the history of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... Read more »
Africa: Why Negotiators At Doha Should Care About the World's Forgotten Mangroves

New estimates have shown that when coastal ecosystems suffer degradation or are converted for aquaculture, upstream dams, dredging or urban development, up to one billion metric... Read more »
East Africa: Region Pushes New Public Transport Network

Mariam Kandege, 24, a worker at a fruit canning factory in the sprawling city of Dar es Salaam, wakes at 5 a.m. and hurries from her rented room in the Kimara suburb to a bus... Read more »

West Africa: Planting for a Harsher Climate

The hunger crisis in the Sahel region and the ongoing conflict in the northern part of Mali is threatening the lives of millions in the country and across the region. Read more »
Africa: Bamboo Fuel Strikes Fire in Africa

What do wood floors, t-shirts, beer, fire-proof ceilings, window-blinds, bicycles, chopsticks, and the veneer on the inside of a luxury car have in common? They can all be made... Read more »
Africa: Legal Frameworks for Redd+ - Q&A With British MP Barry Gardiner [interview]

British parliamentarian Barry Gardiner, a passionate advocate on environmental policy, talks to Forests News about REDD+ during the 18th United Nations Framework Convention on... Read more »
Africa: Scientists Pinpoint Activities Driving Deforestation and Urge Countries to Take Action At Doha

For the first time scientists have assessed the main activities driving deforestation and forest degradation at the national level in most developing countries - providing... Read more »
Africa: A Delay in Key Decisions at Doha Could See Redd+ Lose Its Climate Change Focus

While significant progress is being made at the local level to move ahead with an international scheme to reduce carbon emissions via decreasing deforestation (REDD+), countries at... Read more »

Africa: A Way to Help COP18 Policymakers Better Manage Resources [analysis]

Researchers are using an innovative new approach to study the Earth's landscapes and natural resources to try to figure out how to feed the world, reduce poverty and protect the... Read more »
Africa: Will Uncertainty Over New Climate Agreement Prolong the Redd+ Stalemate?

At the upcoming UN international climate change conference (COP18) in Doha, 193 heads of state will meet to discuss the very future of our planet. Read more »

Africa: Do Farmers Get the Climate Message?

We all know the game, the one we played many times growing up. Read more »
Africa: We Remind Govts That They Are Bargaining With Our Future'

A young Tunisian is hospitalised after clashes with local authorities, a young Syrian cannot leave their country because of civil war, a young Palestinian isn't granted a visa.... Read more »
Chad: Mapping a Route Through Climate Change in Chad

I first met Bouba Mal Yaya, a herdsman from the Fulani-Mbororo peoples in Chad, in early 2011. At that time, he and his fellow herders were in a state of great distress. Read more »

Ethiopia: Nile Dam Worries Sudan, Egypt [analysis]

Ethiopia has begun construction of a 6,000 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile river, a move that has been greeted enthusiastically by many Ethiopians but that is... Read more »

Africa: Will Redd+ Undermine Democracy or Transform It? [analysis]

A climate mitigation scheme aiming to protect the world's forests must work through local democratic institutions or risk leaving communities and indigenous groups open to... Read more »
Africa: Action on Agriculture Needed at Upcoming UN Climate Talks [analysis]

Support for a work program on agriculture is urgently needed at Doha to incorporate the growing sector into international efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate... Read more »
Kenya: Barter Trade May Boost Rural Food Security - Experts

It may be dismissed by Kenya's middle classes and elite as primitive, but farmer Leah Wambui, is convinced that bartering promises a new way of protecting rural food supplies as... Read more »
Cameroon: Forest Communities Cannot Adapt to Climate Change Alone

Rural communities in Cameroon rely heavily on forests for everything from their nutritional and medicinal needs to fuel for cooking and will be unable to adapt to climate change... Read more »

Cameroon: Measuring Carbon Stocks in Logging Concessions

Deep inside a logging concession in southern Cameroon, scientists from the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) are measuring the carbon content of a huge tree,... Read more »
Central Africa: The Congo Basin Forests - What Policymakers Should Know Ahead of UN Climate Talks [analysis]

The pulse in the heart of Africa: The Congo Basin contains the second largest expanse of tropical forest in the world, covering 200 million hectares and spanning six countries. Read more »

Africa: A Climate Roadmap for Obama [analysis]

As Barack Obama returns to the White House he might well reflect on what got him over the finishing line. Read more »
Kenya: Drought Farming Lessons Join Reading and Writing at Schools

At Kamunyagia Primary, year seven student Purity Njigi is learning something new alongside her usual lessons - how to produce enough food to eat when there isn't enough rain. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Linking Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in the Congo

Every year around March 3, the villagers of Lukolela were prepared. They did what they could to protect their houses, stayed indoors, and waited. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Young Leaders - the Future of Congo's Forestry Research

Deep in the Yoko Forest Reserve, across the Congo River from Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Consolate Kaswera Kyamakya is checking her traps. Read more »

Central Africa: Deforestation Pressure On Congo Basin Forests Increasing

Rainforests in the Congo Basin are being cleared at an alarming rate amid global demand for mineral, energy and wood resources from Africa, experts say, commending efforts by... Read more »

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