Meron Teferi Taye, Addis Ababa University and Ellen Dyer, University of Oxford In July Ethiopians planted 350 million trees in a single day. This was part of the country’s national green legacy initiative to counter
WeiterlesenFrederi G. Viens, Michigan State University Lake Chad is the world’s shallowest lake; a great inland body of fresh water shared by Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. It’s critically important, both economically and culturally, for
WeiterlesenNelson Odume, Rhodes University Numerous rivers criss-cross the length and breadth of Nigeria, running both east-west and north-south. The country is also the flood plain of the transboundary Niger and Benue Rivers, which have a
WeiterlesenGrant Ferguson, University of Saskatchewan and Jennifer C. McIntosh, University of Arizona Water is becoming a scarce resource in many parts of the world. Water tables have been falling in many regions for decades, particularly
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