Why African youth matter in global environmental discourse
Each year, August 12 marks International Youth Day, with this year’s theme being Youth engagement for Global Action. Here, Sylvia Nagginda, the Nnabagereka (Queen) of Buganda, Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan climate change activist and Musonda Mumba, Head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Rosewood conservation: a success story from Madagascar
For Madagascar farmer Edmond, who goes by one name, it was a breakthrough. In 2019 he perfected a complicated technique to grow a rare species of tree known as Dalbergia normandii. The plants hail from a valuable, and difficult-to-propagate family of trees
Promoting African green business and circular economy for better policies
On the shores of Lake Victoria, just outside Kampala city in Uganda, State Minister for Environment of Uganda Beatrice Anywar addressed over 300 African entrepreneurs and policymakers gathered in February 2020 at the Switch Africa Green regional forum to discuss how to
Indigenous Communities and LO-TEK solutions to Climate Change
Julia Watson dares to propose that indigenous communities are pioneers of technologies that offer solutions to climate change. In her new book, LO– TEK Design by Radical Indigenism, Watson argues that tribal communities, seen by many as primitive, are highly
The Savanna Biome South Africa
Siya is a campaigner for the Savanna Biome, which is the largest Biome in southern Africa, occupying 46% of its area, and over one-third the area of South Africa. It is characterized by a grassy ground layer and a distinct
Lake Chad – West Africa
Oladosuʼs is a passionate campaigner for Lake Chad, which is located in the Sahelian zone of west-central Africa on the borders of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger. It is situated in an interior basin formerly occupied by a much larger
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.