By Sharon AtienoAfrica, through the 2020-2030 Sustainable Forest Management Framework, seeks to enhance the sustainable stewardship of the continent’s 624 million hectares of forests. Its primary goal ...

CIFOR-ICRAF receives funding from more than 50 donors, so I am not going to list them all. You can consult our annual financial reports Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty ...

By Sharon Atieno Despite Africa’s forest cover standing at 650 million hectares, the continent’s contribution to the global forest resources market remains low at less than five percent.Besides, ...

In the past three decades, poaching has decimated Africa’s now-critically endangered forest elephants, and as a result, their vital role as seed dispersers of many forest plants has been disrupted. A ...

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 in Scientific ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. NYUNGWE NATIONAL PARK, Rwanda — It’s a cool morning in the montane rainforest of western Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park. Sunbeams stream down from ...