Essay: Tigray in Ethiopia was an environmental success story – but the war is undoing decades of regreening
In an article published on The Conversation, HENRIKE SCHULTE TO BÜHNE, DOUG WEIR, JAN NYSSEN, and TEKLEHAYMANOT G WELDEMICHEL, look at the impact of Ethiopia’s war on the environment…
Brazil: How the charcoal industry fuels illegal deforestation and slavery
FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of those working in Brazil’s illegal charcoal industry…
Kenya vows to cut emissions as dirty stoves and fuels kill 21,500 a year
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation More than 21,500 Kenyans die each year from cooking with traditional fuels like charcoal and firewood, new government data showed on Tuesday, as authorities pledged to meet a global goal of universal access to clean cooking energy by 2030. The health risks were greatest in rural areas, where 90 per cent […]
ENVIRONMENT: SMART GAS COOKING SEEKS TO BREAK AFRICAN CITIES’ DIRTY CHARCOAL HABIT
MEGAN ROWLING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on initiatives to encourage people in Africa to use gas instead of charcoal when cooking…
As fruit trees fall, a hunger threat looms in Kenya
Thomson Reuters Foundation When Leah Mutembei was growing up in Kajuki, a village in central Kenya, most farms were dotted with avocado and mango trees. “But now they have all gone,” the 32-year-old maize farmer said from her homestead, gesturing to the barren land nearby. “We had to cut them to make firewood and charcoal,” […]