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Tag: GLF Accra 2019

Bamboo is fast-growing, flexible and has a tensile strength greater than mild steel. Courtesy of Bernice Dapaah

In Africa, bamboo bicycles are shifting gears for women in the workforce

Building a sustainable, equitable set of wheels from grass
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Diolo Celine plants Gnetum (okok) in a village in Cameroon. The GLF Accra focused on the importance of integrating agriculture and restoration. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

Integrating the many meanings of restoration, big and small

Linking local and global restoration efforts at day two of the Global Landscapes Forum Accra
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A native mago tree in northern Ghana. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

From Indigenous apps to arts festivals, the many ways Africa is restoring itself

Here's what happened at day one of the Global Landscapes Forum Accra
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Kenya's Southwest Mau Forest, the conservation and restoration of which is crucial for the water supply of East Africa. Patrick Sheperd, CIFOR

AFR100: Restoring the future of Africa

Notes from the fourth annual AFR100 partners meeting
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Kennedy Kirui, co-founder of Kenya-based design-thinking firm Tanasuk Africa.

“What Silicon Valley does usually doesn’t work here”

Kennedy Kirui on tailoring the tech world to meet African needs
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A professional farmer shows Indigenous seeds in Kenya. Patrick Shepherd, CIFOR

Kenya’s top young agriculturist on the future of professional farming

New seasons require new technology, he says
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"Proof of love," Kenya, 2014. Photo © 2019 Laurent Baheux. All rights reserved.

Photographer Laurent Baheux on his intimate ode to the African lion

17 years of footage show the "king of animals" in its native – and disappearing – habitat
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Women holding tree saplings to be planted near the Daka River in Ghana. Courtesy of Tree Aid Ghana

The trees that help the Daka River flow

In northern Ghana, riverine tree-planting nourishes ecosystems – and pocketbooks
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The gilled mushroom genus Pleurotus is known also as oyster, abalone or tree mushrooms. Suzie's Farm, Flickr

Meet the oyster mushroom producer changing urban Ghanaian diets

Plus, how to transform free sawdust into profit
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A 2011 satellite photo of the divide between the Sahara and the Sahel and southern forests of Africa. NASA

As the Sahel dries, the Sahara advances

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 1
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Vegetation in the Sahel region is composed of mainly stunted and scattered trees, shrubs, bushes and grasses. Daniel Tiveau, Flickr

Why trees could bring water back to the Sahel

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 2
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Children in Africa. Daniel Tiveau, CIFOR

Will the Great Green Wall’s architecture support its future?

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 3
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A lone tree stands in the Sahara, whose encroachment on the Sahel has led to the desertification of lands and inspired the Great Green Wall. orientalizing, Flickr

Here stands the Great Green Wall

A 3-part series on the progress and holdbacks of one of history's most ambitious restoration efforts
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New methods for using fire to clear land in Ghana are explained. Melle Meivogei, Form Ghana

In Ghana, reasons for updating – not outlawing – controlled burning

Responsible use of fire to clear land incentivizes farmers keep forests intact
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The community of Litoy in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

It takes a village to restore Africa’s degraded land

In the fallout of unsustainable logging in the DRC, locals begin replanting
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