Land Degradation
Jeopardizes Ability to Feed the World Ibrahim
Thiaw
We have known for over 25 years that poor land use and management are
major drivers of climate change, but have never mustered the political
will to act. With the release of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) special report on climate change and land, which makes the
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Burning Forests
for Rain, and Other Climate Catastrophes Miriam
Gathigah
The villagers living on the foothills of Mount Kenya have a belief: If
they burn the forest, the rains will come. “Generally, we believe that
the sky is covered by a thick layer of ice and only a forest fire can
rise high enough to melt this ice and give us rainfall,” Njoroge Mungai,
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