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Faut-il séparer les espaces agricoles et ceux consacrés à la biodiversité, ou bien les réunir ? Bernd Dittrich/Unsplash

Faut-il partager ou épargner les terres ? Pourquoi le dilemme agriculture-biodiversité est dépassé

Ce dilemme ne vous dit peut-être rien, mais il a été une question centrale chez tous ceux qui veillent à la protection de la biodiversité. C’est celui du « land sparing » ou du « land sharing ».
Un marché de produits alimentaires en République démocratique du Congo (photo d’illustration) Junior D. Kannah/AFP

Contre le virus mpox en Afrique : rendre plus sûrs les marchés de viande sauvage, cause originelle de l’épidémie

Les stratégies de lutte contre le mpox doivent aussi s’attaquer à la cause profonde de l’épidémie de variole simienne en Afrique : les conditions de vente de viande sauvage sur les marchés.
African countries must urgently green their buildings if they want to cool their cities down. This building in Hamburg, Germany opened in July 2024 with 23,000 trees and shrubs planted in every available space. Ulrich Perrey/Picture Alliance/Getty Images

Urban greening in Africa will help to build climate resilience – planners and governments need to work with nature

With the climate heating up rapidly, African cities must green every space to cool down and absorb more rain water, minimising floods. Nature-based solutions can make a huge difference.
The 2016 El Niño drought in Malawi dried out maize fields, leaving only weeds. It caused a famine that left over 60 million people in Southern Africa dependent on food aid. Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images

El Niño: Malawi’s harvest of its staple food maize may fall by 22.5% this year

Food security experts recommend that rural farmers in Malawi be given access to irrigation systems to free them from reliance on rain, and find ways outside farming to earn an income.

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