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New research says invasive black wattle trees that are burnt as fuelwood in South Africa’s rural areas would be better turned into charcoal and useful wood products.
South Africa’s G20 presidency this year must take 7 critical steps to stop deforestation in Africa.
Ubuntu feminism – the idea that everyone is obliged to care for each other’s wellbeing – should become a central focus of the renewable energy rollout in Africa.
Environmental consciousness means people are less likely to cook using firewood.
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.
Ghana is losing forests because of cocoa farming, firewood harvesting, mining and logging.
Satellite images and community perceptions combine to give a fuller picture of land use changes.
Women’s relationship to the environment is shaped by their social position.
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Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
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Researcher, Department of Agroforestry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
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Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor and Director for Employability and Enterprise at the School of Business, University of Leicester
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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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Professor of Economics, University of Pretoria
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Director General CIFOR, Director of Science CIFOR-ICRAF, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Natural Sciences, University of Lincoln
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Professor of Environmental Science, Rhodes University
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Researcher in Environmental Science, Rhodes University
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Researcher, Agricultural Research Council
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Professor and Head of the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics & Meteorology, University of Pretoria