Ghana Working to Save Eroding Coastlines

Ghana has started building sea defense walls at key points along the coast to stop coastal erosion and protect beaches, communities and historic buildings. But fishermen fear the walls will block them from pulling their nets ashore, and coastal resorts say they are harming business

Ghana Reforestation

A new World Bank report says Ghana’s annual deforestation rate is around 3.51%, meaning the country loses at least 315,000 hectares of its forest a year, costing about $400 million annually. To help reverse the damage, a Ghana project is promoting sustainable forestry through timber, seedling and essential oil sales and educational tours

Oceans United

Fabien Cousteau talks about the plight of the world’s oceans and new ideas and strategies for cleaning up our polluted seas

‘An Ecological Bomb’: Russians Living With...

Residents of the city of Aleksandrov, north of Moscow, say they want a giant landfill site closed permanently, claiming it’s a health hazard. Local activists started blockading the site in 2018 to stop trash from Moscow from being unloaded there. A court order in May banned such dumping, but checkpoints run by residents remain in …

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Pearl Mullet Van Fish

Pearl mullets, an endemic fish species found only in Lake Van in the east of Turkey, have once again embarked on their challenging journey against the tide of life, swimming upstream to get to freshwater to spawn their babies-

A South Sudanese Refugee’s Effort to...

Uganda hosts 1.2 million refugees who have access to land where they can build a house and grow their own food