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When a team of international scientists set out to count every tree in a large swathe of west Africa using AI, satellite images and one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, their expectations were modest. Previously, the area had registered as having little or no tree cover. The biggest surprise, says Martin Brandt, assistant professor of geography at the University of…

The 2021 edition of the One Planet Summit was organized by the Government of France in partnership with the UN and the World Bank. Leaders highlighted job creation, heritage preservation, and climate change mitigation as benefits of protecting biodiversity. The gathering yielded a list of "action commitments for biodiversity," including the launch of a High-Ambition Coalition for…

A wind energy generation plant located in Loiyangalani in northwestern Kenya. The plant is set to be the biggest in Africa, generating 300 MW. This renewable energy project was supported by the African Development Bank. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS BONN, Germany, Jan 13 2021 (IPS) - 2021 is going to be critical, not only for curbing the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic, but also for…

Billions are at risk of missing out on the digital leap forward, as growing disparities challenge the social fabric. In the medium-term, the global economy will be threatened by the knock-on effects of the coronavirus crisis, while geopolitical stability will be critically fragile over the next 5 to 10 years. Environmental risks continue to threaten: they remain top risks by…

The African country is one of the first in the world to decree farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR )as a pathway to restoration of degraded land. In July 2020, the Republic of Niger became one of the first countries globally to adopt a presidential decree regulating and promoting the practice of a revolutionary agricultural technology known as farmer-managed natural…

21 Jan 2021 - 10:30 by OOSKAnews Correspondent PARIS, France In a January announcement at the the "One Planet Summit" for biodiversity, President of France Emmanuel Macron committed to a $14 Billion USD grant to scale up work on the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative. The GGW, which was established in 2007, is Africa’s flagship initiative to tackle climate change,…