Agricultural and forest areas

Biodiversity

GABON: Environment patron, Lee White appointed Minister of Water and Forestry

Agricultural and forest areas

BURKINA FASO: Objection to Kua Forest declassification widens

Urban spaces

TUNISIA: CRDA inaugurates urban forest in central Tunis

Preservation of the resource

UGANDA: Nakasongola authorities launch reforestation programme

Solar energy

GABON: start of construction of eight solar power plants

Agricultural and forest areas

SEYCHELLES: Government and FAO invest $5 million in forest management and bioenergy

Employment, education & training

IVORY COAST: Training on climate change and sustainable agriculture

Agroécology

WEST AFRICA: Ghana and Ivory Coast publish Cocoa & Forests plan

Management of natural areas

ETHIOPIA: Eden seeks new partners to continue country’s reforestation

Agricultural and forest areas

TANZANIA: Sugar-cane plantation to be transformed into reserve, soon

Biodiversity

BENIN: Environmental education project in Grand-Popo to save mangroves

Management of natural areas

TOGO: UNDP has supported environmental protection with €2.3 million in ten years

Agricultural and forest areas

BURUNDI: Towards Phase 2 of Virtuous and Profitable Landscape Restoration Project

Agricultural and forest areas

KENYA: How government reforested more than 14,000 hectares of forest in 9 years

Biodiversity

IVORY COAST: €21 million from government and World Bank for reforestation

Biodiversity

DR CONGO: Scanning vehicles to track down illegal timber imports

Agricultural and forest areas

TANZANIA: Tourism encourages protection of 5.2 million hectares of forest by 2030

Biodiversity

AFRICA: When oil palm cultivation threatens biodiversity…

Agroécology

KENYA: Japanese Meiwa transforms waste into biochar fertiliser for the soil

Tourism, leisure and ecotourism

GABON: near Libreville, Biotope preserves and re-enchants the “Bois des Géants”

Agricultural and forest areas

AFRICA: 124 more mountain gorillas give IUCN hope in eight years