October 6, 2025 - Big3Africa.org

Japan’s Tsunami Walls Offer Lessons for Kenya’s Swelling Rift Valley Lakes

Neville Ng'ambwa October 6, 2025

Kenya’s swelling Rift Valley lakes mirror challenges Japan faced after its 2011 tsunami. Japan’s mix of seawalls and tree buffers shows how engineering and nature can work together. A similar approach could help Kenya protect communities and restore ecosystems.

Conservation

Burkina Faso Women Farmers Revive the Land with Fertilizer Trees

Correspondent October 6, 2025

In Burkina Faso’s Cassou commune, women farmers are reviving their land with fertilizer trees — an ancestral practice restored by APAF. By planting nitrogen-fixing species like acacia alongside millet and cowpeas, they are restoring degraded soils, boosting harvests, and attracting back bees and birds.