The G7 leaders are poised to assert that wealthier developing nations, including China and Saudi Arabia, should significantly increase their financial contributions to combat climate change. This stance comes in the wake of recent UN negotiations in Bonn, which failed to make substantial headway on establishing new funding targets to support poorer countries in addressing...Read More
The International IDEA publication on Climate Change and Deliberative Democracy: The Potential of Climate Assemblies in the Global South was just published. The publication, supported by a grant from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and written by Nicole Curato, Graham Smith, and Rebecca Willis, asks how climate assemblies and other deliberative practices can help...Read More
In a recent study published in Nature Climate Change, researchers investigated the impact of temperature exposure on children’s mental health and cognition during prenatal and early childhood periods. Their findings indicate that exposure to heat during infancy and toddlerhood and cold during pregnancy and infancy is associated with reduced myelination and maturation of white matter in children’s...Read More
Learn how the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and General Comment No. 26 reaffirm every child’s right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment – and how you can use it to advocate for lasting change. Children and young people need a healthy and clean planet to survive and thrive. Despite efforts,...Read More
The following students of Master of Science in Ecosystems Science and Management and Master of Science in Forestry from the Department of Ecosystems and Conservation, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism, Sokoine University of Agriculture will be awarded their degree qualifications on 23rd May 2024 as indicated below; SN Registration No Name Sex Program 1...Read More
Happy Bee Day! Bees are so important to the health of our planet that they have their own special day. The event takes place on 20 May each year, to spread awareness of the significance of bees. Bee campaigners are also asking people everywhere to do more to help and protect the special insects. World Bee Day...Read More
Friends of Lake Tanganyika – Tanzania Friends of Lake Tanganyika (FOLT) is a non-governmental organization established in 2012 and registered under the Tanzanian Non-Governmental Organization Act No.24, 2022, with registration No: 00NGO/008484. FOLT is headquartered in Katumbi Village in Uvinza District, Kigoma Region. FOLT’s mission is to end extreme poverty, hunger and environmental degradation across...Read More
Abstract Tropical montane forests harbour exceptionally high biodiversity yet face severe threats from human activities. Assessing forest biodiversity over large areas is crucial yet extremely challenging. Remote sensing provides an efficient monitoring solution, but few studies have focused on Tanzania’s diverse, montane forests. We collected field data on tree species composition within 159 plots across...Read More
A B S T R A C T Lianas are common in tropical forests, where they influence forest dynamics, thus impacting the global carbon sink, with implications for climate change mitigation. Despite their increasing competitiveness with trees at the global scale, robust measurements of liana aboveground biomass (AGB) have been limited. Here we use data...Read More
