Africa’s forests have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source, according to research that underscores the need for urgent action to save the world’s great natural climate stabilizers. The ...

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate -- and higher -- population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a ...

The elephant is the largest existing land mammal on Earth, weighing anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 pounds. There are three species of elephants: the African bush elephant (also known as the African ...

Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million ...

An agroforestry initiative in a cocoa-growing community on Cameroon aims to prevent the expansion of cocoa farms into the nearby forest while also providing additional income to farmers. A community ...

South Africa’s forestry sector is more than just trees. Beyond providing timber and fibre, it underpins rural livelihoods, ...

The dietary habits of African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) promote the survival of large, high wood density trees better at storing carbon. New research finds that forest-dwelling elephants ...

Fatoyinbo used a remote sensing software-based classification method that separates the different types of land cover like forest, urban area, and soil, differentiating by colors or reflectance. Here, ...

For centuries, elephants have been called forest gardeners for good reasons. “When an elephant moves through trees and bushes, it pushes them aside,” says Dr Thomas Breuer from WWF Germany. “This ...

When it opened in 1991 andBeyond Phinda Forest Lodge, set in conservation-led luxury travel company andBeyond’s 70,560-acre Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, was lauded as ...