Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million ...

Africa’s forests have shifted from a net carbon sink to a net carbon source since around 2010 due to large-scale biomass loss. The heaviest losses occurred in tropical moist forests in Central, ...

Bernard Messono today lives by the roadside. A 28-year-old Indigenous Baka man from Elango village in Cameroon's East Region, he was forced out of his natural home in the forest by encroaching logging ...

New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source. A new international study published in Scientific ...

Groundbreaking new research warns that Africa’s forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source. A new international study published ...

Recently in The Gambia, the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission gathered to reflect on the bonds between people and the forest landscapes that sustain them. The meeting took place as countries ...

* Congo Basin seen valuable in climate change battle * Forest preservation costs African nations * Countries may not endorse deal without compensation By Tansa Musa YAOUNDE, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The ...

A new report shows an increase in estimated forest elephant numbers, but this is a function of better surveying, and the ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

CIFOR-ICRAF receives funding from more than 50 donors, so I am not going to list them all. You can consult our annual financial reports Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty ...