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In Mozambique, like in so many other parts of the world, a quiet land rights revolution is brewing, ready as ever to emerge. The end of a brutal civil war, which lasted sixteen years and ended in 1992, brought about a period of national reconstruction, with progressive reforms taking place to protect land rights and encourage rural investment. By the late 1990s, the economy had made remarkable…

The EU will seek to put a series of policy-themed ‘partnerships’ at the heart of its EU-Africa strategy which will be formally launched in early March, according to a leaked draft obtained by EURACTIV. The EU will seek to put a series of policy-themed ‘partnerships’ at the heart of its EU-Africa strategy which will be formally launched in early March, according to a leaked draft…

Rainfed agroforestry can play an important role in managing forest fringes while meeting sustainable development goals of poverty reduction, climate action, biodiversity conservation and sustainable land management, a study has said. The Restoration Opportunities Atlas estimates that there is a potential for interventions like agroforestry in 87 million hectares of land-use types,…

India has nearly 140 million hectares of opportunity to protect forests and restore landscapes. Potential for Increase in Above-ground Carbon Sequestration Through protection, wide-scale restoration and mosaic restoration, India can sequester 3 to 4.5 billion tonnes of above-ground carbon by 2040. The variation in mosaic restoration areas reflects two scenarios. In the first, tree cover density…

RENDEZ-VOUS. Nouakchott reçoit ce 25 février les chefs d'État des pays du G5 Sahel. Au-delà du bilan, l'occasion d'aborder les nombreux points non réglés. Le G5 Sahel a rendez-vous à Nouakchott. Ce 25 février, Roch Kaboré, Idriss Déby Itno, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Mahamadou Issoufou et Mohamed Ould el-Ghazouani se réunissent dans la capitale mauritanienne pour le 6e sommet de l'organisation…

Germany and other world powers meeting in Munich raised concerns about the deteriorating security situation in the Sahel region. But African heads of state who had been invited were conspicuously absent. At the 56th Munich Security Conference in Germany, world powers turned to international defense issues with a focus on "Westlessness"—the idea that Western countries are uncertain of their values…