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Many parts of Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions are low-rainfall and drought-prone agro-pastoral areas. The resulting water scarcity and poor vegetation fosters low agricultural productivity and consequently,…

Committed individuals around the world are eager to create landscapes that work for people and the planet, and the new Landscape Academy helps them do just that. Equipping youth, “green” entrepreneurs and mid-…

UN Environment and partners are working in Africa to boost agricultural production, create jobs, and counter climate unpredictability. In Ngoulemakong commune in Cameroon’s Sud Province, solar driers have been used…

Abdulrahman Ismail is passionate about education. The retired primary school teacher, turned cleric, is also concerned about changes to the environment he has witnessed in Bakhiet village of Sudan’s East Darfur…

UN Environment, in a bid to strengthen institutions and enhance the capacity of judges on matters concerning environmental law, has partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support the High Court of…

UN Environment in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility is supporting 10 member countries of the Central African Forests Commission, to carry out activities leading to the ratification and…

For farming communities situated around the edge of both Kakum and Bia Conservation Areas in the Central and Western regions of Ghana, elephant crop raiding is a serious problem. The raids are caused by the…

UN Environment has been at the forefront of strengthening the capacities of institutions in Africa to mainstream environmental law in judicial training institutes. In August 2018, in Maputo, Mozambique, UN…

For Matilda Payne, founder of My Extreme Deco, waste is the new gold. Her small Ghana-based enterprise has found a way to valorize waste in an unexpected and creative way: by transforming it into jewelry, furniture…

Desertification and land degradation are not new to the fragile Sahel ecosystem, a semi-arid strip of land south of the Sahara Desert. Climate change, which is expected to deeply modify the region’s climate,…