A recent report unveiled at the 20th Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN-20) by Wetlands International paints a stark picture. Since 1970, nearly a quarter of the world’s wetlands have been lost.
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Once a battleground for land grabbers and environmental heroes, Nairobi’s Karura Forest now faces a quieter, more complex struggle—not against chainsaws, but over the millions it generates in gate fees. At the heart of this silent standoff is a tug-of-war between the Kenya Forest Service and the Friends…
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Boda Boda motorcycles, while offering fast and convenient transport across Kenya, have long played a troubling role in aiding environmental crimes. From ferrying illegally sourced charcoal, timber, and cedar poles to transporting bushmeat and even live wild animals, motorbikes have become a weak link in the country’s conservation…
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A fierce showdown is raging over the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), one of Africa's most successful community conservation initiatives. This clash could dramatically alter the landscape of environmental finance and local livelihoods. At the center of this conflict? Billions in carbon credits
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“As the world turns its gaze toward COP30 in Brazil, I’m heading to the Amazon with a mission fueled by love, responsibility, and resilience,” Muthoni shared with www.big3africa.org. “I’ll embark on a 72-hour silent tree-hugging marathon at Quilombo do Abacatal.”
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As aggressive resource extraction chips away at the world’s natural biomes, mammals, fungi, corals, and more are squeezed into increasingly smaller islands of life, with climate change compounding the risk to their survival.
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In collaboration with the African Climate Platform and other African civil society organizations, PALU asserts that the climate change crisis poses an unprecedented threat to humanity and the planet, particularly in Africa, where communities that have contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions are disproportionately affected by its…
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Men’s passion for nyama choma and their preference for cars over public transport are making their carbon footprints significantly larger than those of women, by as much as 26% more. The high consumption of red meat, particularly beef and mutton, which are both carbon-intensive to produce, is at…
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Over 95% of the world’s Pancake Tortoise population is found on private and community lands across Kenya’s arid and semi-arid regions.
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The big selling point for renewable diesel is that it is almost chemically identical to fossil fuel diesel, meaning it can be substituted in existing diesel engines, making it a so-called drop-in biofuel.
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