Environment
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How traffickers got away with the biggest rosewood heist in history
Ten years after officials seized $50 million worth of illegally harvested rosewood from Madagascar, the logs sit in limbo in a Singapore port. On ... -
COP or CON? How Big Conservation captured biodiversity protection
There are two approaches to protecting biodiversity. One is colonial, abusive and ineffective, but hugely profitable for certain actors. Some 31 years after the ... -
“Making a mockery”: Ending Fortress Conservation in DRC and beyond
The court ruling on the rights of the expelled Batwa people could pave the way for the paradigm shift we need. In July 2024, ... -
How saving the pangolin became a Nigerian conservation agenda
Nigeria’s pangolins face extinction. One organisation is committed to reversing the trend – and coopting communities into conservation. Christy’s life would have ended several ... -
Corporate or community-led? Africa’s agricultural future at a crossroads
The post-Malabo process to determine the next decade of agricultural policy has so far been characterised by outside influence and exclusivity. Late last month, ... -
“All is lost”?: Cameroon’s controversial logging in biodiverse Ebo forest
Why has the government awarded a logging concession in the mega biodiverse Ebo forest to a little-known company? When Yetina Victor last visited the ... -
How the international financial system exports extinction to the DRC
Biodiversity loss from unequal mining deals is not a glitch. It’s the logical end point of multiple transnational pressures. The Democratic Republic of the ... -
Photo essay: Tracing the secret, complex life of e-waste in Ghana
62 million tons. This is the volume of electrical and electronic waste – or “e-waste” – generated worldwide in 2022, according to the latest ... -
“All it takes is one corrupt official”: Huge monkey seizure reveals DRC trafficking ring
One of the biggest ever illegal animals shipments in Africa involved senior conservation officials, suggest documents seen by African Arguments. Top officials from the ... -
“After the dam, nothing is good”: How Ethiopia’s mega project devastated centuries of survival strategies
Until recently, indigenous groups in the Omo Valley planted crops, foraged, hunted, fished, herded animals, and shared food. Now they face starvation. Over thousands ...
