Senegal
Senegal is a country rich in culture and tradition. Though, similar to many countries throughout Africa, Senegal confronts serious problems with poverty and malnutrition. The majority of the population, over 70%, lives in rural areas and their lives and agriculture practices are dependent on infrequent and unpredictable rainfall, infertile soil, and the ability to protect their crops from pests. With the changing climate, their situations are becomin...

Ghana
Ghana’s richness in natural resources plays a significant role in its strong economy, providing the country with over twice the per capita output than the poorer countries in West Africa. However, overexploitation and mismanagement of these resources and a general lack of environmental awareness threatens the country and its people. 

The economy rem...

Cameroon
Cameroon's population is over 18 million people, of which over fifty percent is rural. Nearly fifty percent of the rural population is living in poverty. The majority of the people live in or around the country's 22 million hectares of forest. The people living in these areas are dependent on the forest resources for their livelihoods. Most of the wood harvested in Cameroon's forests is used to meet local energy needs. However, over 80% of the for...

Ethiopia

Generations of unsustainable land-use practices coupled with pressure from increasing population have led to severe land degradation in Ethiopia. This land degradation reduces agricultural productivity and fodder production for livestock, forcing people to farm and graze the land even more intensively to sustain themselves, thereby contributing to a cycle of poverty.

This cycle of poverty in Ethiopia is caused by multiple interrelated factors, and is difficult to escape. The main underlying causes of land degradation consist of socio-economic (e.g. populati...

Assam, West Bengal, Northwest India and Bangladesh
While almost one million acres of land in Assam, West Bengal, and other regions in Northwest India and Bangladesh get flooded regularly, the people of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India, 1000 miles away from the flood zones, are struggling with drought and a lack of fresh water. Trees have been cleared, erosion is stripping topsoil from farmlands, and little rainwater is channeled back into aquifers. In the end of 20...

Malawi
Deforestation is one of the greatest issues facing Africa today. The effects of deforestation are tangible: less rain, hotter climates, soil erosion, and drought bring famine, poverty, and starvation. Yet in Malawi, an area of forest the size of a football pitch is cut down every 10 minutes!

The tree planting project is a direct solution to fighting deforestation. The importance of tree planting in the face of deforestation remains self-evident. However, simply planting more trees without addressing the demand for timber would be a losing battle! The planting project is not onl...