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    Africa agriculture low carbon development Insights
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 4, 2021

    Entrepreneurs Need Funding to Restore Africa's Degraded Land

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • COP26
    Caroline Kariuki, CEO of Kenya's GreenPot Enterprises, with one of her employees at a bamboo nursery. The company's bamboo helps farmers restore degraded land and make extra income.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • COP26
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 4, 2021

    Les entrepreneurs ont besoin de financement pour restaurer les terres dégradées de l'Afrique

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Caroline Kariuki, CEO of Kenya's GreenPot Enterprises, with one of her employees at a bamboo nursery. The company's bamboo helps farmers restore degraded land and make extra income.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    July 26, 2021

    Integrated Planning Helps Kenya Close its Energy Access Gap

    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Energy Access
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Kenya village
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Energy Access
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    June 25, 2021

    3 Strategies for Water-Wise Development in Ethiopia

    • Water Security
    • water risk
    • Climate
    • agriculture
    People drive herds of oxen and sheep great distances to water them at this reservoir.
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    • Climate
    • agriculture
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    July 29, 2020

    Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • sustainable development goals
    • electric grid
    • development
    • agriculture
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • sustainable development goals
    • electric grid
    • development
    • agriculture
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    June 11, 2020

    Africa’s Restoration Entrepreneurs Aid in COVID-19 Response

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    A man working on a farm.
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    May 19, 2020

    Which Countries Are Most Vulnerable to Locust Swarms?

    • agriculture
    • food security
    • mapping
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • mapping
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 25, 2019

    Attention Investors: African Entrepreneurs Are Restoring Land and Making Profit

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Caroline Kariuki co-founded GreenPot Enterprises to help farmer-investors plant bamboo and restore degraded land in Kenya. Photo by Will Anderson/WRI.
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2019

    Kenyan Herders Are Switching from Cattle to Camels to Adapt to Climate Change

    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Camel traders at a livestock market in Kenya
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2019

    Congo Basin Deforestation Threatens Food and Water Supplies Throughout Africa

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Water Security
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Women model the handmade baskets they use every day in Malolo 2, Republic of Congo.
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Water Security
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

    Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from Destroying Liberian Forests

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Mountain gorilla
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    April 26, 2018

    To Fight Food Insecurity in Malawi, Just Add Trees

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration
    A farmer in central Malawi plants groundnuts.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    March 13, 2018

    This Man Wants to Pull 60,000 Rwandans Out of Poverty by Planting Trees

    • deforestation
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Planting trees in Rwanda
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 28, 2018

    As More Companies Go “Deforestation-Free,” What Does It Mean for Heavily Forested Nations?

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Oil palm plantation in Gabon
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    March 7, 2017

    1.2 Billion People Lack Electricity. Increasing Supply Alone Won’t Fix the Problem

    • Equity & Governance
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Pharmacy in Monrovia
    • Equity & Governance
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Forests
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    February 15, 2017

    Can We Restore 350 Million Hectares by 2030?

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Woman in African field
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Energy
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    February 8, 2017

    “Pay-As-You-Go” Solar Could Electrify Rural Africa

    • Equity & Governance
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Tanzania solar
    • Equity & Governance
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    January 24, 2017

    Awash in Green and Gold: The Emerging Restoration Economy in Kenya

    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    seedling in a Kenyan nursery
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration

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