28/06/2018

National Forest Stewardship Standard of Uganda approved

The FSC Performance and Standards Unit (PSU) is pleased to announce the publication of the FSC National Forest…

16/06/2018

South Sudan First State of Environment Report Emphasizes Sustainable Resource Management for Peace

The report reviews the historical and geographical context and the socioeconomic and natural drivers of environmental…

16/06/2018

Main Messages from 35 VNR Countries Outline SDG Actions and Plans

Of the 47 countries scheduled to present their Voluntary National Reviews during the HLPF in July, 35 have issued main…

14/06/2018

Building Resistance and Resilience: Regeneration Should Not be Left to Chance

Contemporary forest planning has tasked managers with developing goals focused on resistance and resilience. In…

14/06/2018

UNFF13 Links Strategic Plan on Forests to SDG Achievement, Adopts Communication Strategy

UNFF13 focused on forest-related solutions for sustainable development, with delegates addressing implementation of the…

14/06/2018

As Cameroon prepares for the African Cup of Nations, trees fall

YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Cameroon has cut thousands of hectares of forest to build stadiums, hotels,…

14/06/2018

13th Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF13): Highlights for Monday, 7 May 2018

The thirteenth session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF13) opened on Monday, 7 May 2018, at UN Headquarters in New York…

14/06/2018

Building Resistance and Resilience: Regeneration Should Not be Left to Chance

Contemporary forest planning has tasked managers with developing goals associated with resistance and resilience. In…

15/03/2018

Sub-Saharan Africa to receive £25M in new programme aimed at early career scientists

A new sub-Saharan Africa grant scheme, Future Leaders – African Independent Researchers (FLAIR) Fellowships, opens for…

15/03/2018

Vacancy announcement: AFF Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Officer

AFF has established a Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Unit (PMERU) to facilitate the implementation of…

01/01/1970

African Development Bank delivers on a decade of transformative commitments to reduce poverty

  For the past five decades, the African Development Bank Group has been at the forefront of driving Africa’s…

01/01/1970

How a coffee rust epidemic escalated in Chiapas, Mexico

Mexico - The thought that climate change is threatening our daily cup of coffee might be too much to bear for some of…

01/01/1970

REDD+ research maps complex path to protect forests, people and climate

This year, with much of the world suffering through a global pandemic and stuck at home, people are seeking nature,…

01/01/1970

Lawyering in Crisis: African countries among innovation leaders in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic

African innovators have shown creativity and ingenuity in finding solutions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but face…

01/01/1970

African Development Bank President Adesina leads delegation to 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development, TICAD

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 26 August 2019 – A high-level African Development Bank delegation, led by President Akinwumi…