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1. ‘Financialisation’ of Africa’s forests is driving inequality, says report

Subjects
Deforestation -- Africa, Sustainable forestry -- Reports, Forests and forestry -- Africa, Environmental protection -- Reports, Forest management -- Reports, Business, international, International Union of Forest Research Organizations -- Reports
Abstract

Market-based approaches to forest governance, such as forest carbon trading and deforestation-free supply chains, have proved largely ineffective in protecting forests or reducing poverty, according to a report by the [...]

Published
2024

2. African tropical mountain forests store 2/3rd more carbon than previously estimated: Study

Subjects
Global temperature changes -- Reports, Forests and forestry -- Africa, Environmental issues, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

India, Aug. 31 -- The Nature report underscores the vital rolethese tropical forests play in combating climate change Tropical mountain forests in Africa store more carbon in their above-ground biomass [...]

Published
2021

3. Ahead of COP27 Energy Day, African Forests in Crosshairs of Oil and Gas Expansion: A Threat Facing Ecosystems and Communities Globally

Subjects
Natural gas -- Reports, Ecosystems -- Reports, Gas fields -- Reports, Forests and forestry -- Africa, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Earth InSight has issued the following news release: As global leaders gather for 'Energy Day' at COP27 on Tuesday November 15, a new report highlights how fossil fuel [...]

Published
2022

5. Carbon surprise in disappearing African tropical mountain forests

Subjects
Forests and forestry -- Africa, Business, international, University of Leeds -- Reports
Abstract

London: University of Leeds has issued the following news release: Scientists studying tropical forests in Africa's mountains were surprised to uncover how much carbon they store, and how fast some [...]

Published
2021

6. Batwa: a people under threat

Author

Musinguzi, Bamuturaki

Subjects
Central Africa -- Social aspects, Discrimination -- Social aspects, Forests and forestry -- Africa, Batwa (African people) -- Social aspects -- Homes and haunts -- History -- Religious aspects, Pygmies -- Social aspects, Eviction -- Social aspects, General interest, Government, Business, international
Abstract

The Batwa are former hunter-gatherers who lived in the rainforests of Central Africa, particularly in DRCongo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. But they were evicted over the course of many decades [...]

Published
2010

7. WANGARI MUTA MAATHAI: KENYA'S GREEN MILITANT

Author

Anbarasan, Ethirajan

Subjects
Kenya -- Environmental aspects, Environmental movement -- Personalities -- Environmental aspects, Forests and forestry -- Africa, Environmentalists -- Behavior, International relations, Political science, Behavior, Personalities, Environmental aspects
Abstract

A noted environmental and pro-democracy activist hopes the next millennium will see a new African leadership that puts people first You once said that the quality of the environment cannot [...]

Published
1999

8. Reality Check Required On World's Forests [press release]

Subjects
Forests and forestry -- Africa, News, opinion and commentary, United Nations. Food and Agriculture Organization, Greenpeace International
Abstract

Sep 11, 2015 (Greenpeace International/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Such is the gap between World Forestry Congresses (5 years) that it prompted one of the facilitators to describe [...]

Published
2015

9. Valuing Africa's Mangrove Forests [document]

Subjects
Ecosystems, Forests and forestry -- Africa, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Romy Chevallier Feb 14, 2014 (South African Institute of International Affairs/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Despite the well-researched and recognised socio-economic and ecological values of mangroves worldwide, [...]

Published
2014

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