The Mau Forest -Kenya
Allen campaigns for the Mau Forests Complex (MFC), which forms the largest closed-canopy forest ecosystem in Kenya, the largest indigenous montane forest in East Africa. It is the most important water catchment in the Kenyan Rift Valley and Western Kenya.
The Congo Basin Rainforest – Central Africa
Vanessa is an advocate for the Congo Basin Rainforest, home to the second largest tropical rainforest in the world, after the Amazon. The vast landscape spans across six Central African countries and nearly 150 distinct ethnic groups inhabit this rainforest.
Solutions to climate change and environmental degradation for women and girls
In mid-November, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) hosted a summit in Nairobi, Kenya to rally the political will and financial commitments urgently needed to implement the goals of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) adopted by 179 governments in Cairo. That 1994
Indigenous peoples and the nature they protect
Who are we talking about when we refer to indigenous peoples; and what do we mean when we say that land is traditionally owned, managed or occupied? A single definition would not capture the full range and diversity of the indigenous
How trees are revolutionizing cities around the world
What word comes to mind when you think of “cities”? Busy? And when you think of “forests”? Peaceful? What if cities could be something different? To date, cities have largely been problematic for the environment. They occupy just two percent of
Coronavirus transmission has been associated with traditional wet markets.
Fèvre: The term “wet market” is sometimes misunderstood and laden with judgment. What are referred to as wet markets are really just a type of fresh food market. Selling low volume fresh food is also an essential way in which millions–perhaps
Preventing pandemics: new report on zoonotics to be released in July
In the last century, a combination of population growth and reduction in ecosystems and biodiversity has created unprecedented opportunities for zoonotic diseases - where pathogens pass between animals and people. In 2016, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the