Is charcoal a sustainable energy source in Africa? This is a crucial question, given
charcoal's key importance to urban energy. In today's dominant policy narrative–the …

Forests play a critical role in stabilizing Earth's climate. Establishing protected areas (PAs)
represents one approach to forest conservation, but PAs were rarely created to mitigate …

Fires, among other forms of natural and anthropogenic disturbance, play a central role in
regulating the location, composition and biomass of forests. Understanding the role of fire in …

Understanding changes to aboveground biomass (AGB) in forests undergoing degradation
is crucial for accurately and completely quantifying carbon emissions from forest loss and for …

Carbonate rock chemical weathering carbon sinks reduce the rate of increase of the
atmospheric CO2 concentration and global warming. However, uncertainty still exists in the …

The challenges to attain the 2030 agenda for sustainable development goals, particularly
universal access to modern and clean energy, persist in urban households. This paper …

Background A further increase in renewable energy supply is needed to substitute fossil
fuels and combat climate change. Each energy source and respective technologies have …

A multitemporal dataset of medium-resolution imagery was used to document a tree cover
loss process in three forest reserves of Zambia. This degradation process was attributed to …

The highlands of southeast Angola are one of the world's largest intact formations of miombo
woodland. Recent interest from conservation groups is increasing the possibility of a new …

Miombo and mopane woodlands of southwestern Angola have been overexploited for
decades, leading to deforestation and forest degradation driven by social dynamics during …