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Climate change, people without food, or water, conflicts, looking for a better life. Under supression of different influences. Movement to make people independent and local organised. Local help in a practical form. Small enery systems, Tiny Houses, tools to produce local food, financial indepent and local money. Solaroven, Food Forests

Tiny Houses as a form of local help!

Africa in General;

Afrika is meer dan geweld en honger: ‘Slapende reus wordt wereldspeler’In Europa roept Afrika een somber beeld op. Van hongersnood, oorlog, ziekten en migranten. ,,Maar er gebeurt ook heel veel goeds’’, zegt Afrika-kenner Ton Dietz. Tijd voor ‘Afrika heroverwogen’.

How African Leaders are restoring their landscapes;

afr100.org/content/7-ways-african-leaders-are-restoring-their-landscapes

Africa Wood GrowAgroforestry social business on a mission to restore ecosystems, foster resilient rural economies and promote biodiversity conservation.

Afrika droogt uit met dank aan het WestenJeannette den Boer en Stefan Coppers reizen voor de videoserie Waterlanders de wereld over om te ervaren hoe klimaatverandering het dagelijks leven elders op aarde nu al ontregelt. Deze week Kenia: het land dat zich voelt als een longkankerpatiënt die nooit een sigaret heeft aangeraakt.

‘Tanzania Transit’ neemt je op reis met een ‘onweerstaanbaar’ duoWalter van der Kooi ziet veel meer dan hij in zijn wekelijkse kroniek kan bespreken. Vandaag: Tanzania Transit.

Fish Bones Scattered Across the Sahara Shed Light on the Dessert's Past;

Can we restore this situation? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fish Bones Scattered Across the Sahara Shed Light on the Desert's PastFish bones discovered across the Sahara in Northern Africa indicate the desert was once a lush and green space, where its residents feasted on fish.

In the recent past of Holland we had a bad reputation about slavery. Especially in Togo, Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Indonesia, Ceylon, Zuid Afrika, Suriname, Australia, Nieuw Zeeland and other countries. The Netherlands have to restore a lot because of this black page in their recent history. The Dutch organization VOC have made a bad reputation because of slavery World Wide.

Ipbes Africa Assessment Report 2018-2019 www.ipbes.net

The regional assessment report on BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR AFRICA

Real help to Africa's basic problems; water, infrastructure and more;

New paradigm unfolds to rapidly regreen Africa - Agroforestry WorldThe Regreening Africa project is charting new paths into complex, unmapped territory in its effort to restore 1 million hectares of land in eight countries within five years.

SOFA 2018 - The State of Food and Agriculture - Migration, Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentThe State of Food and Agriculture 2018 presents the opportunities and challenges of migration and its links to agriculture and rural development.

Nourishing bodies and minds

GREENING AFRICAN MIGRATION GREENING AFRICAN MIGRATION seeks an audacious, enterprising leader able to cross borders and stretch boundaries in her quest to give this exciting new endeavor wings and make it a high flying solution for multiple problems. It takes a special woman to lead a team, the members of which are hand-pic

Niet Wageningse technologie, maar klimaatvriendelijke landbouw kan Afrika vooruithelpenHoe voeden we 10 miljard monden in 2050?

Deadline closing for agribusiness funding opportunity for seed companies in Africa - Vanguard News NigeriaThe Seeds for Impact Programme, a competitive initiative of AECF, is making financial and technical assistance ranging between US$250,000 and US $1.5 million available to eligible seed companies in twelve African countries namely Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique.

Feeding a Growing Continent TNC Africa Regional Director Matt Brown explains that in order to save Africa’s lands and waters, we have to help farmers grow more food on less land.

Soedan kan half Afrika voeden, maar Amerikaanse sancties zitten dwars

Sudan can feed half Africa, but US sanctions are bothering

The nomads in Sudan have the key to partially solve the food problem on their continent. With their immense livestock half East Africa can be fed. But age-old traditions and decades of US sanctions block the solution. Editor Carlijne Vos and photographer Sven Torfinn traveled there.

De nomaden in Soedan hebben de sleutel in handen om het voedselprobleem op hun continent deels op te lossen. Met hun immense veestapel valt half Oost-Afrika te voeden. Maar eeuwenoude tradities en decennia aan Amerikaanse sancties blokkeren de oplossing. Redacteur Carlijne Vos en fotograaf Sven Torfinn reisden er heen Link.

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In Zimbabwe we have Contact with, and support, Mangwende Orphan Care Trust Link

In Nigeria we support the local people beacause of their problems with a recent water flood Link (Autumn 2018)

Projects in Lake Victoria basin get $9.1m boostGEF’s contribution will add to $251 million offered in kind by govts from East Africa.

21 African countries are joining together to build a 4,750-mile wall of trees | KindlingThe initiative, known as the Great Green Wall, aims to reclaim 247 million acres of land by the year 2030 and create hundreds of thousands of jobs, while warding off the spread of the Sahara and combating the climate crisis.

Steve Oberle on LinkedIn: Dear Friends and Colleagues, I recently posted these graphics and | 22 commentsDear Friends and Colleagues, I recently posted these graphics and the associated weblinks in articles entitled “All About Africa” and "Terrestrial Ecosystems... 22 comments on LinkedIn

Basic information from the Link above;

A few of these Groups are:

Association of African Environmental Practitioners (AAEP)

Pan African Environmental Research Initiative (PAN AFREI)

African Wildlife Conservation Professionals

ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTITIONERS' INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA (EPIN)

Project Our World

International Development

Sustainability Professionals

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