Ashoka Mukpo
Features Writer, Mongabay Africa ☀️ just a dot
To protect the planet’s rangelands, give pastoralists a boost, UN report saysnews.mongabay.com When it comes to conservation, forests and oceans are the big attention grabbers. But rangelands, which cover 54% of the planet’s terrestrial surface, are no less important for nature and wildlife. Wi...
EXPLAINED: Mass Protests in Kenyayoutu.be Zambian Economist Grieve Chelwa joins Bad Faith to explain how mass protests in Kenya defeated IMF-backed austerity policies, and how the IMF and World Bank use debt as a mechanism of control. Dr. Chelwa charts how the BRICS bank & dedollarization may provide a way out for countries struggling under western debt-control, and the crucial role global solidarity must play. This is one of those big picture episodes you wont want to miss. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).
International hesitancy to adopt environmental regulations threatens Indigenous rightsnews.mongabay.com The mood is tense. After months of delays, the EU will soon vote on a long-awaited piece of legislation that will require European companies to integrate environmental and human rights due diligence i...
Deforestation alerts in the Brazilian Amazon fall to a 5-year lownews.mongabay.com Forest clearing detected by Brazil’s deforestation alert system fell to the lowest level in nearly five years, according to data released last week by the country’s space agency, INPE. INPE’s satellit...
In climate-related flooding, a Ugandan river turns poisonousnews.mongabay.com This is the second of a two-part series on climate-related disasters in western Uganda. Read Part One here. KASESE, Uganda — Right as the Nyamwamba River emerges from the foothills of western Uganda’s...
Climate change brings a river’s wrath down on western Ugandat.co The first of a two-part series on climate-related disasters in western Uganda. KASESE, Uganda — In March 2020, right as the rainclouds began to gather, Rehema Aryema Namale bought a house here in west...
HEATED: Challenging objectivity in climate journalismnews.mongabay.com It’s common to hear the word “objective” used in relation to the work of journalists. However, its definition and application are hotly debated, with some experts arguing it’s either impossible or imp...
news.mongabay.com From The Hague to Strasbourg, the continent's powerful agricultural lobby is gaining ground against the green movement.
Chemical recycling of plastic not so fantastic, report findsnews.mongabay.com In today’s industrialized world, avoiding plastic is virtually impossible. Every trip to the grocery store likely means coming home with food and household items packaged in plastic bottles, tubs an...
Can impermanent carbon credits really offset forever emissions?news.mongabay.com Offsetting the carbon emissions released when we fly in a jet or when a company ships its products is one, albeit increasingly controversial, way to address the climate-warming consequences of our eve...
Italian fugitive is advising Emirati start-up Blue Carbonwww.climatechangenews.com Samuele Landi is an Italian fugitive with fraud charges. That was no problem for the UAE firm doing forest carbon credit deals across Africa.
Can carbon markets solve Africa’s climate finance woes?news.mongabay.com At the COP28 climate summit set to be held in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates later this month, carbon markets are sure to be high on the agenda. And some African leaders are hoping to capitalize. T...
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