Encompassing some 2,700 square kilometers, Mau Forest is considered the most important water catchment in western Kenya, ...

But, to understand the causes and effects of deforestation in Africa today, it is important to note that there are huge differences between two broad types of forest: rainforest and dry forest. Some ...

Recent data tell us that tropical Africa has lost about 22 per cent of its forested area since 1900, which is comparable to the losses in the Amazon.

By Ruth Kamnitzer >Illegal mining inside the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...

Rainforests are vital for absorbing the ... For many years, richer countries have sought to end deforestation in Africa and elsewhere by paying poorer nations to protect their trees.

Anxiety over the deforestation of tropical ecosystems typically revolves around the Amazon rainforest, but a new study by Stanford University researchers finds sub-Saharan Africa is the new frontier ...

Ethiopia's government launched the £1.1bn tree planting project earlier this year to tackle deforestation and climate change. The United Nations says forest ... from the UN, African Union and ...

One of West Africa's most iconic ... trekkers hope to encounter forest elephants and pygmy hippopotamuses amongst other rare species. While the area's deforestation has been harmful to all species ...