Giraffes are vulnerable to extinction, mainly due to habitat loss and killing for bushmeat markets. The good news is human actions can alleviate that danger.
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Mountain flora in the Kaokoveld deserve priority conservation efforts.
African livestock keepers need help: without proactive interventions, increasing temperatures will reduce meat and milk production.
From the high Yukon to the mountains of Central Asia, melting ice exposes fragile ancient artifacts that tell the story of the past – and provide hints about how to respond to a changing climate.
The shrinking of Lake Chad contributes to instability in the countries which sit around its expanse.
The rapid invasion is a major threat to the environment and rural people’s livelihoods.
Pastoralism is a central part of many Africans’ identity. But how and when did this way of life get started on the continent? Ancient DNA can reveal how herding populations spread.
Herders and farmers are unhappy about the way a corrupt state exploits rural peasants.
A big rise in armed attacks in the Sahel - and the intensity of the attacks in recent years - is now seen as a major source of concern.
The idea that terror groups like Boko Haram fund their activities through ivory poaching in Africa is a compelling narrative. But it’s undermining wildlife conservation and human rights.
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Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
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Ecologist leading programs and organizations in conservation, The Ohio State University
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Professor, Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), Faculty of Landscape and Society, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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