A program in Niger is pairing disabled people with benefactors who give them the chance to use a section of land to grow produce. Not only can they feed themselves and their families, but they can also make a profit.

Widespread hunting in Nigeria has seen the country's animal population continue to fall. With no effective laws against animal abuse and trade, Chinedu Mogbo is trying to combat it and has set up a sanctuary for animals.

Energy entrepreneur Sulaiman Yusuf is developing what he calls "off the grid homes" using solar and hydro turbines to offer residents an eco-friendlier alternative to the Nigerian government's power infrastructure.

Some local farmers in South Africa's Eastern Cape switched to producing indigenous plants to extract essential oils as an alternative source of income. The herbs require little water and help prevent desertification.

Fed up with the litter in his local river, one Copenhagen kayak instructor came up with an initiative to clean them up. His idea is to let volunteers who collect trash borrow a kayak for free!

Groundwater resources are depleting — but they can be renewed! DW visits a treatment plant that cleans water from the Rhine to top up groundwater and help hydrate the local environment.

A team from across Europe is working with local communities in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania on a self-cleaning system for Lake Victoria.

Rising temperatures, tons of plastic — our oceans are at risk. That's the message from a new report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Eco Check brings you the key facts on the state of our seas.

'We can now consider the oceans as an ocean of plastics,' says Regina Folorunsho from Nigeria's Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research. In an interview with Eco Africa, she explains why governments and citizens must do more to protect our oceans for future generations.

A team from across Europe is working with local communities in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania on a self cleaning system for Lake Victoria.