Region - Africa, page 5

Interview

To Stop Destruction of Liberia’s Rainforest, He Put His Life on the Line

By Jocelyn C. Zuckerman

A view of Earth from the International Space Station.

Geoengineer the Planet? More Scientists Now Say It Must Be an Option

By Fred Pearce

Maasai giraffe browse alongside geothermal power infrastructure in Hell’s Gate National Park, Kenya.

How Kenya’s Push for Development Is Threatening Its Famed Wild Lands

By Adam Welz

A eucalyptus plantation in Thailand where trees are harvested to make pulp for paper.

Analysis

Why Green Pledges Will Not Create the Natural Forests We Need

By Fred Pearce

A research boat in the waters of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument near Hawaii.

Analysis

Will Large Protected Areas Save the Oceans or Politicize Them?

By Fred Pearce

Ethiopian farmers examine the results of a trial of wheat varieties.

How Crowdsourcing Seeds Can Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

By Virginia Gewin

Trees felled for a cocoa plantation inside the Scio Forest Reserve in western Ivory Coast.

The Real Price of a Chocolate Bar: West Africa’s Rainforests

By Fred Pearce

A worker collects sand at a mine near Port au Prince, Haiti in April 2014.

Development

The Hidden Environmental Toll of Mining the World’s Sand

By Fred Pearce

Stacks of rosewood at a timber market in Dongyang, China, a well-known hub for the illegal trade.

The Rosewood Trade: An Illicit Trail from Forest to Furniture

By Sandy Ong and Edward Carver

A research diver looks for signs of stony coral tissue loss disease in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

As Disease Ravages Coral Reefs, Scientists Scramble for Solutions

By Ret Talbot

Trucks hauling coal at a Chinese-financed open-pit mine in Pakistan's Sindh province in May 2018.

Analysis

How China’s Big Overseas Initiative Threatens Global Climate Progress

By Isabel Hilton

Sparing vs Sharing: The Great Debate Over How to Protect Nature

By Fred Pearce

Mexicali, Mexico / Calexico, California, United States

From High Above, A New Way of Seeing Our Urban Planet

By Katherine Bagley

Landslides at the construction site of the Ituango Dam in Colombia forced the evacuation of at least 25,000 people in April.

Analysis

After a Long Boom, an Uncertain Future for Big Dam Projects

By Jacques Leslie

Recently removed rhino horns on a private ranch in the North West province of South Africa.

‘Rhino Coin’: Can a Cryptocurrency Help Save Africa’s Rhinoceroses?

By Adam Welz

A young boy herds his goats in the Ghat District of Libya, which has been converted largely to desert in the last 100 years.

Redrawing the Map: How the World’s Climate Zones Are Shifting

By Nicola Jones

Johannesburg has an estimated 6 to 10 million trees, mostly non-native species brought in from around the world.

Beetle Mania: The Nasty Insect That Is Killing the Trees of Johannesburg

By Adam Welz

Trees cleared in the western Amazon region of Brazil in September 2017.

Conflicting Data: How Fast Is the World Losing its Forests?

By Fred Pearce

A fisherman aboard a French trawler sorts through a catch of flounder and mackerel.

Interview

A Global Ban on Fishing on the High Seas? The Time Is Now

By Richard Schiffman

A captive-bred lion being transported in South Africa.

The Ongoing Disgrace of South Africa’s Captive-Bred Lion Trade

By Adam Welz

Africa

Interview

To Stop Destruction of Liberia’s Rainforest, He Put His Life on the Line

Geoengineer the Planet? More Scientists Now Say It Must Be an Option

How Kenya’s Push for Development Is Threatening Its Famed Wild Lands

Analysis

Why Green Pledges Will Not Create the Natural Forests We Need

Analysis

Will Large Protected Areas Save the Oceans or Politicize Them?

How Crowdsourcing Seeds Can Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

The Real Price of a Chocolate Bar: West Africa’s Rainforests

Development

The Hidden Environmental Toll of Mining the World’s Sand

The Rosewood Trade: An Illicit Trail from Forest to Furniture

As Disease Ravages Coral Reefs, Scientists Scramble for Solutions

Analysis

How China’s Big Overseas Initiative Threatens Global Climate Progress

Sparing vs Sharing: The Great Debate Over How to Protect Nature

From High Above, A New Way of Seeing Our Urban Planet

Analysis

After a Long Boom, an Uncertain Future for Big Dam Projects

‘Rhino Coin’: Can a Cryptocurrency Help Save Africa’s Rhinoceroses?

Redrawing the Map: How the World’s Climate Zones Are Shifting

Beetle Mania: The Nasty Insect That Is Killing the Trees of Johannesburg

Conflicting Data: How Fast Is the World Losing its Forests?

Interview

A Global Ban on Fishing on the High Seas? The Time Is Now

The Ongoing Disgrace of South Africa’s Captive-Bred Lion Trade

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Off the African Coast, a Struggle to Revive a Battered Fishery