Africa Should Trade its Carbon Credits to Fund Renewable Energy

Africa Should Trade its Carbon Credits to Fund Renewable Energy

Africa needs to transit away from fossil fuels to renewables to boost energy security. Pictured here is a coal production plant in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Aug 31 (IPS) – Africa needs to trade in carbon credits to…

Slow food, Accelerating Biodiversity in the Field and On Our Plates — Global Issues

Slow food, Accelerating Biodiversity in the Field and On Our Plates — Global Issues

Edward Mukiibi first worked the fields as punishment. Now he is a firm believer that the slow food movement can save the planet. He was recently named as the President of Slow Food International. Credit: Slow Food International by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Tuesday, August 02, 2022 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Aug…

Narrow Valuation of Nature is Widening Biodiversity Loss — Global Issues

Narrow Valuation of Nature is Widening Biodiversity Loss — Global Issues

The launch of the IPBES Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature. The report argues that because nature is poorly valued, this is driving biodiversity loss. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Monday, July 11, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Jul 11 (IPS) – Nature has diverse…

Indigenous Communities Want Stake in the New Deal to Protect Nature — Global Issues

Indigenous Communities Want Stake in the New Deal to Protect Nature — Global Issues

The recent eviction debacle involving the Maasai community in the Loliondo division in Tanzania’s northern Ngorongoro District has elevated indigenous people’s concerns about losing their ancestral lands under the ‘30by30’ plan in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Bradford Zak/Unsplash by Busani Bafana (bulawayo, zimbabwe) Thursday, June 23, 2022 Inter Press…

Farmers in Senegal Adopt Farming as a Business to Beat Climate Change — Global Issues

Farmers in Senegal Adopt Farming as a Business to Beat Climate Change — Global Issues

Small holder farmers in Senegal are embracing sustainable agriculture practises to boost their productivity and income. Credit: Caroline Mwongera/ Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Friday, June 10, 2022 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Jun 10 (IPS) – Onions and rice are a conspicuous part of every meal…

Zimbabwe’s Press Freedom, One Step Forward, Three Steps Backward — Global Issues

Zimbabwe’s Press Freedom, One Step Forward, Three Steps Backward — Global Issues

Journalist Jeffery Moyo, with his lawyer, Doug Coltart, outside the Magistrate’s Court, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Moyo faces charges of violating Section 36 of the Immigration Act. His sentencing is expected on May 31, 2022. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo, zimbabwe) Monday, May 09, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, May…