By: Musa Sidya Kamara In August 2024, Mohamed Lamin Kamara was fighting for his life against an African elephant. The giant animal left him with a broken leg and arm. Kamara wasn’t hunting; he was trying to protect a rice farm from destruction near his home inside the Outamba Kilimi Read more…
As cocoa prices reach an astronomical high, farmers are more than ever destroying forests to expand production, at the decimating expense of conservation efforts. By: Olatunji Olaigbe If, like me, you try to get to the Drill Exhibition Ranch in Calabar using Google Maps, you’ll end up two streets away Read more…
BY: Ibrahim Khalilulahi Usman & Jennifer Ambolley This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Reporting Grant The scorching midday sun filtered through the branches of an old tree, casting shadows across a dusty compound in Sagyimase, about 90 kilometres north of Ghana’s capital, Accra. Isaac Agyare Boadi, a retired Read more…
(Photo by CRISTINA ALDEHUELA / AFP) By Enoch Randy Aikins Researcher, African Futures and Innovation, ISS Political interests must be set aside to prevent illegal mining from devastating the country’s forests, farmland and water system. Illegal small-scale mining in Ghana is destroying the environment, making people ill, adding to water Read more…
The ongoing illegal mining crisis, known as “Galamsey,” has become one of Ghana’s most significant environmental and socio-economic challenges. As efforts to combat its effects intensify, the need to understand the problem’s scope and relevant policies has become crucial for developing sustainable solutions. Galamsey, a colloquial term derived from “gather Read more…
This year’s World Environment Day campaign focuses on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience under the slogan “Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration.” Drought and desertification are threatening essential ecosystems across the planet, including freshwater ecosystems and soil, the connective tissue that makes all life on Earth possible. Here is a Read more…
Image Credit: Mwila women, Angola. Eric Lafforgue African Agroforestry experts are urging for the greater involvement of indigenous communities in addressing the numerous conservation challenges plaguing the region. For many years, indigenous groups have been excluded from decision-making processes that directly impact their lives and livelihoods. They face significant Read more…