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AFRICA: Four million hectares of forest disappear each year

The net loss of forests continues to increase in Africa, despite initiatives, programs and policies to restore ecosystems. In a study released on September 29th, 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the African Union Development Agency-Nepad, reveal that the continent is losing up to 4 million hectares of forest each year. The first-ever Africa…

AFRICA: Four million hectares of forest disappear each year
Opinion: How soil can save us all

By Rattan Lal // 23 September 2021 Perhaps the greatest hope for a more sustainable future lies underfoot: our planet’s soil. This week, the first U.N. Food Systems Summit has brought stakeholders together to strategize about bringing positive change to the world’s food systems. Soil health is not only at the foundation of our food systems but remains critical for the…

Opinion: How soil can save us all
7 billion ‘extra’ trees have been discovered in Africa – part of the continent’s ongoing efforts to restore and reforest the land

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content 7 billion trees that hadn’t been counted before have been discovered in Africa. The collaboration between Google and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has also identified many opportunities…

7 billion ‘extra’ trees have been discovered in Africa – part of the continent’s ongoing efforts to restore and reforest the land
Africa Open D.E.A.L: Open Data for Environment, Agriculture and Land & Africa's Great Green Wall. Towards a continental leadership on environmental data

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) led a land-use data collection and analysis between 2018 and 2020. With the support of the Panafrican Agency of the Great Green Wall (GGW), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and 30 African countries, FAO and the AUC coordinated the data collection operation on a scale unseen…

Africa Open D.E.A.L: Open Data for Environment, Agriculture and Land & Africa's Great Green Wall. Towards a continental leadership on environmental data
Entrepreneurs Need Funding to Restore Africa's Degraded Land. every $1 invested in land restoration can create $7-30 in economic benefits while protecting biodiversity and fighting climate change.

October 4, 2021 By Venkat Iyer, Mary Gronkiewicz, Samuel Kabiru, Will Anderson and Amanda Gant Cover Image by: Will Anderson/WRI Cet article est également disponible en français ici. Here’s the good news: In the past decade, development banks and the private sector have made financial commitments of more than $16 billion to restore Africa’s degraded farms, forests and other…

Entrepreneurs Need Funding to Restore Africa's Degraded Land. every $1 invested in land restoration can create $7-30 in economic benefits while protecting biodiversity and fighting climate change.
Cotton sustains more than 100 million families worldwide

A single metric tonne of cotton provides jobs for five people on average, often in some of the world’s most impoverished regions; that adds up around 100 million families across the globe. To recognize these and other contributions, the United Nations is marking World Cotton Day, this Thursday. Cotton is an important means of livelihood for millions of smallholders and…

Cotton sustains more than 100 million families worldwide