The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) operating as a single entity is a global research organization and has recently launched the second phase of the Regreening Africa Project. The project which aims to restore degraded lands through involving vulnerable communities in greening activities would be implemented in 7 African countries…
Rennie Naidoo, professor in Information Systems at the Wits School of Business Sciences. South Africa’s land reform debate remains a dominant feature of public discourse. But a more insidious form of dispossession is underway – one that is redrawing the boundaries of power, wealth and control. This isn’t about hectares or fences. It’s about code,…
Today, the world pauses to mark the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, an annual reminder of the urgent need to protect and restore land degraded by human activity and climate change. The 2025 commemoration, held under the theme “Restore the Land, Unlock the Opportunities,” is being hosted in Bogotá, Colombia, where delegates from…
