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Africa’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source

New research shows Africa’s forests now release more carbon than they absorb. This raises global climate risks and calls for urgent action.
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Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world—what the G20 can do about it

Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million ...
Phys.org

Deforestation has turned Africa's forests from carbon sinks to carbon sources, new study finds

New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source. A new international study published in Scientific ...
Outlookindia

Africa’s Forests Now Release More Carbon Than They Absorb, Study Finds

Africa’s forests have shifted from a net carbon sink to a net carbon source since around 2010 due to large-scale biomass loss. The heaviest losses occurred in tropical moist forests in Central, ...
National Catholic Reporter

In Africa's Congo Basin, Indigenous peoples lose homes to conservation efforts

Bernard Messono today lives by the roadside. A 28-year-old Indigenous Baka man from Elango village in Cameroon's East Region, he was forced out of his natural home in the forest by encroaching logging ...
AllAfrica on MSN

Protecting forests is protecting Africa's agrifood systems

Recently in The Gambia, the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission gathered to reflect on the bonds between people and the forest landscapes that sustain them. The meeting took place as countries ...
Daily Maverick

Better data, same emergency — the forest elephant crisis continues

A new report shows an increase in estimated forest elephant numbers, but this is a function of better surveying, and the ...
Reuters

Rich world should pay Africa to preserve forests

* Congo Basin seen valuable in climate change battle * Forest preservation costs African nations * Countries may not endorse deal without compensation By Tansa Musa YAOUNDE, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The ...
IFLScience

There Could Be 10,000 More African Forest Elephants Than We Thought – But They’re Still Critically Endangered

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...
The Conversation

Humans lived in African rainforests 150,000 years ago, far earlier than believed – new research

Eleanor Scerri receives funding from The Max Planck Society. Eslem Ben Arous does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this ...
The Conversation

Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world – what the G20 can do about it

CIFOR-ICRAF receives funding from more than 50 donors, so I am not going to list them all. You can consult our annual financial reports Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty ...