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rhino sudan

November 14th, 2018

60 percent of animal populations declined since 1970

by:	Yair Oded

Countless animal and insect species have been eradicated thus far due to the destruction of their natural habitats and ever rising temperatures.

forest ghana

September 17th, 2018

Ghana: Atiwa Forest for sale

in:	Nature, Economy
by:	Kwabena Adu Koranteng

The Atiwa Forest, regarded as the biggest natural forest reserve in West Africa is facing its biggest threat by the government of Ghana.

tanzania forest

February 13th, 2018

Forests without Borders

in:	Nature
by:	Kolawole Talabi

Before independence, Tanzania’s forests accounted for more than half of its total area - between 2001 and 2014 the country lost nearly 4 percent of it .

amazon rainforest

September 06th, 2017

Thirst for land in the Amazon rainforest continues unabated

by:	Maria João Morais

What happens in Brazil right now is called “the biggest attack on the Amazon in the last 50 years”!

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December 05th, 2015

Is Cameroon ready for a climate change?

in:	Nature
by:	Israel Bionyi

Traditionally, 45-year-old Abiadng Solomon, farmer in Bafoussam (cultivating market garden crops, cereals and tubers), wives and 13 children used to [...]

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November 19th, 2015

Don’t hope for a better world – create it!

in:	Nature
by:	Debra Atlas

Natural filters, trees help clean the air and provide life-giving oxygen. They help stabilize rivers, prevent stormwater runoff and soil erosion, [...]

fallen-tree

June 11th, 2015

Save the fallen trees

in:	Nature, Economy
by:	Israel Bionyi

The deforestation rate in the Congo basin has reduced to 0.3 per cent of the annual forest loss, in 2013. But despite this, Cameroon and countries of the [...]

Choco-Darien_Project

April 22nd, 2015

Stand For Trees

type:	Donation, Project
by:	Deniz Zehra Tavli

Forests are the lungs of the earth and our greatest ally in fighting climate change. But instead of returning the favor, we cut them down. It’s estimated that roughly 15% of global annual greenhouse gas [...]

amazon gold

January 16th, 2015

"Gold rush" threatens tropical forests in South America

by:	Ama Lorenz

The new research publish, on 14 January, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, shows the growing environmental impact of gold [...]

Drug trafficking deforestation

February 04th, 2014

Press Review: Drug trafficking responsible for large-scale deforestation in South America & Humanitarian crisis in south DRC ignored by UN

in:	Humans, Economy
type:	Allgemein
by:	Rebecca Silus

Threats and bribes from the cartels have silenced conservation groups, indigenous groups, prosecutors, and government officials, allowing them to [...]

beekeeping

January 07th, 2014

Press Review: Landless young in Kenya turn to beekeeping & A biofuel project in Kenya helps stop deforestation

in:	Nature, Economy
type:	Allgemein
by:	Rebecca Silus

With youth unemployment at 30%, many are forced to take on dangerous work or go abroad where they often work in domestic servitude. The NGO Farm [...]

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