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Madagascar’s protected area forests have 2.5km buffer zone forests surrounding them that also need urgent protection.
None of the analyzed bags of lump charcoal gave buyers as much effective grilling fuel as their labels promised.
Setting up the world’s biggest giant tropical forest reserve in the Congo Basin is a step towards conserving the area and creating jobs for local communities.
For the Maasai, Nyekweri forest has such a high ecological and socio-cultural value. But new conservancies aren’t working as best they could.
In Nigeria, the national grid is so unreliable that individual homes procure much of their own electricity. They’re pivotal in the country’s transitions to renewable energy and should be subsidised.
Dust and traffic pollution add to the health hazard posed by some cooking fuels.
Ghana needs improved supply systems to expand the use of clean fuels.
The early symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include headaches or dizziness, breathlessness, nausea, tiredness, chest and stomach pains and visual problems.
In urbanising communities in sub-Saharan Africa, women cooking primarily with charcoal and wood had approximately 50% higher odds of likely depression than those cooking with gas.
Barbecued food has unique and often delicious flavors. A food chemist explains how the process of grilling over an open flame can produce flavors unattainable through other cooking methods.
Cooking with wood and charcoal can raise indoor air pollution to dangerous levels.
Combining evidence from archaeology, geochronology and paleoenvironmental science, researchers identified how ancient humans by Lake Malawi were the first to substantially modify their environment.
The COVID-19 pandemic risks reversing progress made to increase access to affordable, reliable and sustainable domestic energy sources in Kenya.
Attempts to formalise charcoal production have been largely unsuccessful.
Demand for charcoal continues to increase in Kenya, it’s vital that the sector is better governed
Different energy technologies should be explored in Ghana to enhance clean fuel use.
Kampala, like many other cities in sub-Saharan Africa, has a critical data gap on the scale and magnitude of air pollution.
Forests must improve communities’ livelihoods to rise as a sustainable management solution
The terror group uses the proceeds of criminal activity to support its political agenda.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Public Health, Harvard University; University of Liverpool
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Principal Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Sustainability
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Post-doctoral researcher in energy, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Climate Urbanism, University of Sheffield
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Health Economist ,Department of Environmental Health, Kintampo Health Research Center
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Economist and Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, University of Pretoria
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
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Assistant Professor, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
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Clinical Research Fellow in Environmental Health, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor, Makerere University
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Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Richmond
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Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Global Public Health, University of Liverpool
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Associate Senior Lecturer, Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent