On August 31, the government of Zimbabwe announced that foreign white farmers settled in the country who lost land between 2000 and 2001 under former President Robert Mugabe's controversial programme of land reform designed to empower landless Black peasants could apply to get it back.
Thirty years ago, the impacts of climate change on species were extremely rare. Today, they’re commonplace.
The key to transforming African agriculture into an engine of economic growth that will have benefits far beyond the farming sector lies in investing in, and making new farming technologies accessible.
The International Grains Council lifted expectations for world grain stocks, reflecting enhanced expectations for both corn and wheat, despite European Union downgrades.
The world’s most ambitious reforestation project, the Great Green Wall of Africa, has covered only 4% of its target area but is more than halfway towards its 2030 completion date, according to a status report.
Ecologists and conservation experts in government, industry and universities are routinely constrained in communicating scientific evidence on threatened species, mining, logging and other threats to the environment, our new research has found.
