Every year, around 2.8 million hectares of forest on the African continent are lost — mostly to make room for farming. Eco Africa looks at the sobering figures and impacts of deforestation throughout the continent.

The climate crisis and water-intensive rice cultivation are making Mali's land increasingly arid. Now many farmers are switching to using the ancient and nutritious fonio grain, which can cope well in dry conditions.

Fed up with frequent power cuts, a school in Nigeria now generates its own electricity. The initial investment is paying off, and the school encourages children to value a sustainable future.

Rwanda's fertile hills and valleys are prone to soil erosion and dangerous flooding. An initiative to build terraces into the hillsides is helping to protect the landscape.

At the ReTuna Recycling Gallery outside Stockholm, only repaired and recycled goods are on offer. Shoppers can pick up unique bargains and even attend workshops on how to upcycle and re-use what they already own.

Kennedy Odede dreamed of providing his neighborhood with safe, affordable water. But first he had to negotiate with the gangs monopolizing Kibera's water supply.

A German engineer has invented a water purification system that is powered by the flow of a river. Producing thousands of liters of safe drinking water a day, it could help people in areas where clean water is scarce.

The southern ground hornbill is known locally as the 'thunder bird' due to the belief that its cry signals the start of the summer rains. In South Africa, a project to protect the species has proven successful.

There are only 100 of the critically endangered Mountain Bongo antelope left in the wild in its native Kenya. But the only Mountain Bongo breeding program in the world is hoping to boost the species' numbers.

A women's cooperative in Burkina Faso is combining female empowerment with eco protection: it employs around 100 women, providing them with training and an income, to turn plastic waste into new goods such as bags.