GREEN AFRICA: Deforestation!

 ABOUT THIS WEEK’S EPISODE:

It is estimated that with 30 percent of the world’s tropical forests, the rate of deforestation in Africa exceeds the global annual average of 0.8 percent. While deforestation in other parts of the world is mainly caused by commercial logging or cattle ranching the leading causes in Africa are associated with human activity.

One of Africa's biggest challenges is the need to develop environmentally sustainable ways of living for its people. We hope that by understanding the processes that shaped Africa's environmental history in the last few centuries, we can begin to decipher the necessary environmental adjustment and encourage a positively practical sustainable environment.

ABOUT GREEN AFRICA

One of Africa's biggest challenges is the need to develop environmentally sustainable ways of living for its people.  Green Africa is a weekly environmental discussion on AV radio, created to help mobilize a fresh understanding of Africa’s responsibilities in the universal ecosystem and generate consensus for right action.

The program is organized and represented by a wide range of grassroots organizations and experts on a diverse scientific, social, and economics of green politics and environmental issues. Topics are centered around sustainable management of resources and stewardship of the environment through advocacies on changes in public policies and individual behavior in recognition of humanity, ecosystems, ecology, health, and human rights.

The show is brought to you by Center for Media and Peace Innitiatives (CMPI), Amandla News, Beyond Oil, and African Views (AV).

Host: Ernest K. Opong

Host: Dan Miner

Director: Dr. Uchenna Alexius Ekwo

Producer: Wale Idris Ajibade

Quality control: William A. Verdone