Court ruling raises hopes among Kenyan women for more political representation
Buoyed by record gains in last month’s elections, Kenyan activists say they hope the nation’s top court will enforce women’s right to...
Want to know what climate change will bring? Look at the Irish Potato Famine.
After Hurricane Katrina, tens of thousands of New Orleans’ poorest residents migrated to Houston. Many were met with hostility,...
New multi-million dollar partnership for inclusive Agricultural transformation in Africa launched
A partnership between prominent organizations working to support African agriculture will pump $280 million dollars into the sector to...
More effort needed to curb malnutrition in Ghana
More efforts are needed, particularly by the government to curb the spate of malnutrition in Ghana and other parts of Africa, an...
Video: Recycle Up! Young minds fight pollution
Recycle Up! Ghana (RUG) is an African-German initiative that works with Ghanaian schools to tackle the waste problem in the country....
Audio: Technologies that boost conservation efforts right now and in the future
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we take a look at the role technology is playing — and might play in the future — in...
Too much mansplaining in climate conversations?
In the catastrophic 2004 Boxing Day Asian tsunami, four times more women died than men. In the worst affected village, Indonesia's Kuala...
Protecting Africa's drylands key to the continent's future
NAIROBI, Kenya - Africa's population continues to grow, putting intense pressure on available land for agricultural purposes and...
Is climate change taking a backseat in the agenda of global alliances?
The first major alliance of countries was created during the oil crisis of 1973. France, West Germany, Italy and UK in Europe, USA and...
Sahara Forest Project makes sci-fi desert grown cucumbers a reality
As monster storms inundate coastal cities and rising temperatures parch farmlands and fan wildfires, farmers of the future will wish...