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Published on 27 Apr 2021 in the Afrik 21
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The Lékié division in the Centre region of Cameroon is benefiting from a reforestation campaign of 100,000 fruit trees. The initiative, launched on April 24th, 2021 by the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), aims to reduce environmental damage in the wood energy value chain. The uncontrolled production of wood for energy is a significant factor in deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), more than 60% of households in this region use wood as their main source of energy for cooking. This trend is expected to increase over the next few decades, according to the same source, due to the lack of alternative energy sources and the g
Incorporating trees into farms can enhance biodiversity and strengthen the sustainability of agriculture: a message increasingly shared among government ministries in Peru. The country is a signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and must report on progress in meeting targets for both.
Peru’s Biodiversity Strategic Plan, a requirement under the Convention on Biological Diversity, includes efforts to achieve Aichi Target 7: ‘By 2020, areas under agriculture, aquaculture and forestry will be sustainably managed, ensuring the conservation of biological diversity’.
However, the Plan pays no attention to trees in the agricultural matrix nor their contribution to biodiversity. Moreover, non-forest trees in these productive areas are ‘invisible’, that is, they are not counted in important national assessments, such as the National Forest Inventory and the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory.
Burning of leaf litter and branches is killing trees in Nairobi, say researchers. Instead, invest in a circular bioeconomy.
Written by Mary Njenga and Ruth Mendum
Nairobi’s luxury neighbourhoods enjoy the presence of beautiful trees that are home to many animals including monkeys and birds that keep people entertained. In hot, dry weather, trees provide shade and, at all times of the year, absorb the sounds of traffic.
From the comfort of their homes, people watch monkeys pick fruits such as avocadoes and gracefully eat and throw the leftovers to the ground, which sometimes hit dogs who fiercely object in return. As they bark the dogs also eat the left-over avocadoes. The psychological relief provided by animals and trees cannot be underestimated.
Africa and the decade of COVID-19 (3)
Published on 15 Feb 2021 in the business a.m.
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This demand for Africa’s wood has come under scrutiny and has raised international concern about the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of Chinese timber supply chains in Africa, particularly in the timber industry in the Congo Basin and the Miombo Woodlands. The growing number of Chinese private logging companies and traders facilitating timber exports to China has caused some disquiet as they operate according to the local standards of legal, customary or informal practices. Research on Chinese timber supply chains has reportedly shown that “illegally harvested timber finds its way to China through complex networks of large and small Chinese and non-Chinese companies, local loggers operating in largely informal local timber markets, and local elites connected to the trade. Though such practices may infringe on state laws, they may involve active participation from local small