Kenya Kenya: Local community partners with government rangers to protect and restore the Mau Forest (Mongabay) admin | December 20, 2021 Joseph Lesingo is a member of the Ogiek community in Nakuru County, Kenya. For Mr. Lesingo, observing the regeneration of […]
Community reforestation brings back the rains in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana admin | December 17, 2021 Like this edition’s Farmer story from Kenya, our Script of the Week focuses on the benefits of reforestation. Disasters such […]
Democratic Republic of Congo DRC: Community ownership a promising solution to save the Congo Basin (BBC) admin | November 8, 2021 Patrick Wasa-Nziabo eases dozens of kernels from a sun-dried cob into a large plastic bucket. The 31-year-old is sorting through […]
Democratic Republic of Congo DRC: Farmers confront dangerous impact of deforestation (Global Press Journal) admin | October 10, 2021 On a routine afternoon last December, a half-dozen loggers in Katwa, a village in Lubero territory in eastern DRC, swung […]
Community reforestation brings back the rains in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana admin | October 10, 2021 Like this week’s Farmer story from the Democratic Republic of Congo, our Script of the week focuses on forests. But […]
Democratic Republic of Congo DRC: How a group of women are making money by replacing charcoal for cooking (Global Press Journal) admin | March 15, 2021 Most families in northern DRC’s Tshopo province, can’t afford electricity to cook. Instead, they rely on locally-produced wood charcoal to […]
Madagascar Madagascar: Women plant mangroves to protect ecosystem Daniela Loberline | May 25, 2020 It’s 9 a.m. in Ampahazony, a town about 20 kilometres from Mahajanga in the North West region of Madagascar. Along […]
Senegal Senegal: Organizing to stop deforestation Alegnesy Bies | April 27, 2020 It’s 6 a.m. and Aliou Mangane is already in the Guimara forest on his mission to confront illegal loggers. He […]
Zambia Farmers use agroforestry practices to heal farmland damaged by deforestation and soil erosion admin | April 27, 2020 One of this week’s Farmer stories from Senegal highlights local communities’ efforts to combat deforestation. Our Script of the week […]
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: Women protecting shea trees Harouna Sana | September 2, 2019 In the Sissili and Ziro provinces of central west Burkina Faso, farmers know the value of the shea tree, known […]