At the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), conservation organizations warned illegal ivory trade is responsible for the decline of the endangered African elephant population. “Globally, illegal ivory trade activity has more than doubled since 2007, and is now over three times larger than it was [...]

With such easy access to clean water in the UK, it’s easy to take this vital resource for granted. However, clean water is truly essential to a healthy life, and without access to it, mortality rates in children skyrocket, and average life expectancy plummets. In the UK, contamination of water [...]

Scientists say African farmers have made innovative progress in finding new ways to cope with droughts, erosion and other ravages of climate change … But that they need to develop even more techniques to thrive in an increasingly uncertain environment. A new survey of 700 households in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda [...]

A new UN report says the potential cost of pesticide-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa between 2005 and 2020 could reach $90bn. The research highlights the increasing health and environmental dangers from chemicals. The report was released by the UN environment programme (UNEP). It states that the estimated cost of pesticide [...]

Image Source When you think of Africa, gardening probably isn’t the first thing that springs to mind. Yet whilst food might be scarcer than it is here in many areas of Africa than it is in the UK, and lush fields of crops are not as much of a common [...]

In Cape Town, South Africa, Nosango Plaatjie used to struggle with keeping her three children warm at night in their shack. Her children would get sick since there wasn’t enough insulation in the home. But now things have changed. Through an initiative begun by Stellenbosch University called iShack, Nosango said [...]

If you live in North America, then you’ve probably felt the effects of climate change firsthand. The sun is beating down harder than ever, melting asphalt, causing freak wildfires, and threatening to destroy entire fields of fruits and vegetables. However, North America isn’t the only one feeling a negative change [...]

Learning Off The Grid We may take for granted that North American schoolchildren can learn using all of the best technology the 21st Century has to offer, but many rural classrooms – especially those in Africa – don’t even have electricity to power a projection screen. But all of that [...]