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UK and Gabonese experts lead research into impact of climate change on rainforest elephants

UK and Gabonese experts lead research into impact of climate change on rainforest elephants

by ACF | Sep 26, 2020 | Climate Change, Conservation Threats

Experts from the University of Stirling, working closely with the Government of Gabon, have led an international study into the impact of climate change on Central Africa’s rainforests and the threat posed to elephant populations in the region. Dr Emma Bush and...
No REDD in Africa Network: Africans Unite against New Form of Colonialism

No REDD in Africa Network: Africans Unite against New Form of Colonialism

by ACF | Apr 3, 2013 | Climate Change, Forest, Habitat News

Outraged by the rampant land grabs and neocolonialism of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest degradation), Africans at the World Social Forum in Tunisia took the historic decision to launch the No REDD in Africa Network and join the global movement...

Landmark survey finds adaptation to climate change on smallholder farms taking root

by ACF | Sep 7, 2012 | Climate Change, Conservation Threats

NAIROBI, KENYA — Smallholder farmers across East Africa have started to embrace climate-resilient farming approaches and technologies, according to new research recently published by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)....

Namibian fish affected by climate change

by ACF | Mar 22, 2012 | Climate Change, Conservation Threats

WINDHOEK – Preliminary evaluations indicate that climate variability has an effect on the distribution of marine species because of the changes in temperature. A group of marine scientists from Namibia, South Africa and Angola are meeting outside Windhoek to identify...

Tanzania: Effect of Climate Change On Country’s Wild Species

by ACF | Dec 16, 2011 | Climate Change

CLIMATE change threatens to add to the risks faced by Tanzania threatened wild species, with knock-on effects for people whose livelihoods depend on them – from farmers to those employed in the tourism sector. A report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...

South Africa: World’s nations set course for 2015 global climate pact

by ACF | Dec 11, 2011 | Climate Change

Durban – A marathon UN climate conference on Sunday approved a roadmap towards an accord that for the first time will bring all major emitters of greenhouse gases under a single legal roof. If approved as scheduled in 2015, the pact will be operational from 2020...
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