COVID-19 pandemic: How nature steps in to refill ‘empty forests’ when animals disappear
“We must not let a forest full of trees fool us into believing that all is well.” Kent Redford’s cautionary […]
Liberia expands a key elephant park again, this time with help of locals
A tropical forest in Liberia. Photo credit: USAID/2017 via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liberia_tropical_forest.jpg In eastern Liberia, efforts are underway to formally demarcate the […]
Scholarships for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree programmes on water
Aerial photo of a portion of the Anjajavy Forest inset by a swath of mangrove riparian forest photo credit Michael […]
AFF Quarterly Newsletter -Volume 8 Issue 1
Cover photo: Tree planting by Ms. Ulla Andrén, the Regional Head of Development Cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa at the Embassy […]
Special issue by IFR on studies undertaken by AFF and its partners
To download a copy of the special issue by The International Forestry Review on studies undertaken by AFF and its […]
Safaricom commits to plant 5 million trees in 5 years
Photo copyright : African Forest Forum Safaricom has partnered with Kenya Forest Service to plant 5 million trees in the […]
New report: Global forest wildlife populations in significant decline
The first-ever global assessment of forest biodiversity, Below the Canopy, shows that monitored forest-dwelling wildlife populations have shrunk on average by […]
Kenya must act fast to reverse deforestation
Deforestation of Cherangani hills, Kenya. Photo via Wikimedia Commons According to the World Bank data, in 2015 Kenya’s forest area […]
Ethiopia ‘breaks’ tree-planting record to tackle climate change
Officials in Ethiopia say they have broken the world record for tree-planting with more than 350m seedlings in one day, […]
Report: Climate and mortality rates in Kenya, Mali, and Malawi
Telly, one of the first villages in the Bandiagara escarpment in Mali. Photo via Wikimedia Commons/Ferdinand Reus Research published in […]