The severe droughts which have devastated much of Madagascar are contributing to what the United Nations have named ‘the world’s first climate change famine’. With over one million Madagascans struggling to get enough food to eat, this famine is a humanitarian crisis which requires urgent action. The droughts, which are
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The Pipeline of Broken Promises: Works on the East Africa Pipeline continue
INTRODUCTION With a projected cost of $3.55 billion and climbing, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline will be the longest electrically heated pipeline in the world. Though the works will provide jobs across the project’s route, the impacts on local communities, species and livelihoods continue to be devastating. Locals have
A FATAL TREE FOR ALL: ENVIRONMENTALISTS HOLD THEIR BREATH OVER LIFT OF DR CONGO LOGGING BAN
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has announced their plan to lift its suspension on logging – a move which will leave the world’s second-largest tropical forest at risk of devastating deforestation. Will the move, as the government insists, be a step towards sustainable forest protection in the Congo?