Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million ...

Typical representation of the understorey layer in dry and wet Miombo. Where ‘a’, ‘b’ and ‘c’ are respectively SK1, H3 and Z1. While ‘d’, ‘e’ and ‘f’ are respectively M2, M1 and M3. These pictures ...

The author should be contacted directly for interview requests. WASHINGTON — A new study presents the first large-scale analysis of fire patterns in west and central Africa’s wet, tropical forests.

Africa’s forests have shifted from a net carbon sink to a net carbon source since around 2010 due to large-scale biomass loss. The heaviest losses occurred in tropical moist forests in Central, ...

Groundbreaking new research warns that Africa’s forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source. A new international study published ...

Africa is home to one-third of the world’s tropical rainforests. Over 50 per cent of the continent’s surface is covered by savannah grasslands. Historically, Africa’s forests have played a vital role ...

It was inside the Cambodian dry forests where Sophoan, Porny, Soeun and Asnarith, all from WWF Cambodia’s head office, spent four nights in early December to participate in a team building workshop, ...

Researchers policymakers, and civil society gathered at the African Urban Forest Forum in Johannesburg to discuss the role of urban forests in African cities. The forum centered on how trees can make ...

Catastrophic fires in the Amazon rainforest made global headlines, but since then NASA has noted that right now there are actually many more fires in parts of Africa than in Brazil.This has led some ...