In East Africa, a lack of border controls and widespread fraud facilitate the illegal timber trade, which has become increasingly mainstream.

On the drought-stricken plains of Morocco's Chtouka region, cherry tomato farms stretch as far as the eye can see, clinging ...

In 2023, the ENACT organised crime project outlined the global illegal trade in Southern Africa’s succulent flora, and suggested ways to strengthen implementation of South Africa’s National Response ...

As the world marks the International Day of Plant Health, African countries have come together to discuss environmentally friendly ways to protect fruit and vegetable harvests from insect pests.

The plant is steadily taking over freshwater bodies in the northern region of South Africa, suffocating aquatic life, including on the Crocodile River and the Hartbeespoort Dam it flows into.

The plant has a processing capacity of 150 m3/h and is capable of reducing the arsenic levels from about 13 mg/ℓ to less than 0.1 mg/ℓ.

Here’s where these plants really show their generous side. “Perhaps one of the coolest features of African violets is that you can create a new plant from an existing one.

Eskom, South Africa’s major utility, said the second unit of the Koeberg nuclear power plant in that country was reconnected to the national grid after a major maintenance project. Eskom ...

South Africa has faced a surge in poaching of rare succulents by criminal syndicates since 2019. A recent spike in prices paid for a different kind of plant, a drylands-adapted lily, the miracle ...

An earlier study exploring South African consumer perceptions of plant-based meat, published in the journal Frontiers in 2021, found that 67.3% of participants were willing to try it, 58.8% were ...

The Kenyan power plants represent a growing footprint of Chinese-built or funded renewable energy projects in Africa – from solar and wind to hydropower projects. It follows Chinese President Xi ...

If you live in USDA Zones 9–11, you can plant African milk trees outside. Choose an area that receives partial sunlight and has sufficient space for the tree to reach a height of up to 10 feet.