Healing Forests: Gulu’s wise women restoring medicinal plant biodiversity despite climate challenges
The wise women use their indigenous knowledge as a catalyst for plant conservation and restoration.
July 24, 2023
Global Sea Surface Temperatures to Continue Rising
Daily June temperatures in the North Atlantic had been “dramatically high” compared to usual readings, while Antarctic sea ice levels reached their lowest extent for June
July 21, 2023
How Ugandan women are helping men fight wildlife crimes
By Milton Emmy Akwam and Biira Maureen Although poaching and other wildlife crimes still occur
July 17, 2023
Protecting Congo’s forests: new timber parks will help fight illegal logging
And while timber harvesting is not the largest contributor to the DRC’s deforestation rates – small-scale agriculture is.
July 14, 2023
Young people turn to their voices to solve the plastic problem
However, according to the national environment watchdog NEMA, over 600 tonnes of plastics are produced daily in the country.
July 10, 2023
Current Zoonotic Diseases Challenges in the East Africa Region
Zoonotic diseases continue to emerge and spread across regions, including East Africa, and challenge public health by causing countless morbidities and mortalities
July 7, 2023
Lake Victoria’s suffocating lakefront
Over the past 10 years, the Kenyan part of Lake Victoria has lost slightly more than half its wetlands, according to NEMA officials
July 3, 2023
Sorghum Threshers Reducing Post-Harvest Losses in Western Kenya
As of now, I can only lose a quarter bag of sorghum because it takes the shortest time possible between harvesting and retail market
June 30, 2023
How a family in Mbale saved its neighborhood by using groundwater
The disappearance of water-borne diseases, according to Mr. Wolukawu, is largely due to the fact that groundwater is generally less contaminated compared to surface water sources like ordinary ponds or rivers.
June 26, 2023
Leaders emphasize culture to protect groundwater in Tanzania.
Most of the Karagwe district residents use surface and groundwater simultaneously.
June 19, 2023
Combating Plastic Pollution One Plastic Waste at a Time.
Pollution is a major contributor to climate change and a circular economy is the best remedy to plastic pollution
June 16, 2023
Tales of Kenyan families bearing scars of the Bleeding Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria has no spatial plan which would guide the sustainable exploitation of its resources.
June 12, 2023