Sustainability

Sub-Saharan Africa has numerous biodiversity hotspots, but they are at risk. In this D+C interview, Beth Kaplin, a biodiversity expert, discusses what threatens biodiversity

Second-hand furniture from the UK is very popular in Zimbabwe, being sold for good prices

More cooperation is needed – from the local to the international level – to ensure that the UN targets for water are not missed

At the COP15 in Kunming-Montréal in 2022, Jochen Flasbarth helped broker consensus

Communities in the Horn of Africa are affected by complex and interrelated crises

Bolivia has many protected areas, but human activities are impacting the country’s biodiversity

German and Ghanaian scientists are cooperating to involve local people more in protecting a UNESCO biosphere reserve

The Brazilian Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, has promised to end deforestation in the Amazon

Examples from China illustrate the exceptional value of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Coffee is becoming more and more expensive due to the climate crisis and the dwindling diversity of plants