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16 September, 14h00-17h00 5th World Parks Congress, Durban, South Africa PLENARY #4 Special Africa Session "Focus on Africa" Interactive Panel Session on the Future of Protected Areas in Africa and ...
For Pelagia Bvukura, who lives in a rural part of north-central Zimbabwe, COVID-19 had always been a “city disease,” affecting those in the capital, Harare, or other, distant big towns.
They found that individual home ranges can be as large as 75,000 km² and thus significantly exceed existing protected areas. These results are published in the journal “Biological Conservation”.
Larger conservation areas didn’t protect animals in central Africa Without funding, parks stretched resources thin, study finds Date: November 15, 2021 ...
As Africa eyes protected areas expansion of 1 million square miles, concerns over enforcement persist Mike DiGirolamo 4 Feb 2025 For Ugandan farmers, good fences make good neighbors — of elephants ...
Nature isn't confined to officially protected areas. A lot can be done to conserve biodiversity in other places too. The ...
Impoverished Areas Of Africa And Asia Face Severe Crop Losses From Climate Change In 20 Years. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2008 / 01 / 080131152010.htm.
For half a century, more than 80 percent of wars occurred within biodiversity hotspots. Scientists knew war forced animal populations to decline, but they didn't know the extent--until now.
Cite this: Geospatial Maps Show Areas of Africa That Need HIV Services - Medscape - Nov 24, 2021. Comments. Commenting is limited to medical professionals. To comment please Log-in. Comments ...
For decades after the identification of mpox in humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970, the disease was largely confined to the rural areas of Central and West Africa and thus did ...
Over the past 100 years, African governments have set aside nearly 10% of Africa’s total land area as protected areas. But there's still a long way to go.Speech by Dr Claude Martin, Director General ...