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Community forest management: A path to sustainability
Dear broadcasting partner, Forests are vital for energy and food security, providing fuel for cooking, as well as fruits, seeds, and wild meat. Forests also benefit agriculture by hosting pollinators, like bees, improving soil fertility, and regulating the climate. But forests also contribute greatly to biodiversity and the overall health of the ecosystem. Forested watersheds…
Reforesting the banks of the Zio River is a positive response to environmental challenges
RISING SIGNATURE TUNE, THEN FADE OUT HOST : Hello dear listeners, welcome to our show. In recent years, the lower reaches of the Zio River between Tonoukouti and Fidokui, not far from the capital of Togo, Lomé, have been exposed to regular cycles of flooding due to climate change. With our guests today, we…
Ensuring good access to water, with less flooding
Dear broadcasting partner, In this month’s theme pack, we share several radio resources on how to protect your watershed, including protecting riverbanks and dams. Farmers and the local environment rely on water, although too much can be disastrous as well. Floods can wash away ecosystems and farmers’ crops. Trees can help protect riverbanks from flooding…
Soil fertility solutions that benefit nature too
Dear broadcasting partner, Welcome to this month’s theme pack, all about Nature-based Solutions to improve soil fertility. Farmers across sub-Saharan Africa are working to improve soil fertility in order to improve their harvest. But many of these practices can benefit the overall environment as well. This pack includes 3 backgrounders, 5 scripts, and 9 Barza…
Integrating trees on your farm: A Nature-based Solution
In this month’s theme pack, we share several radio resources on the value of integrating trees into your farmland. This is a Nature-based Solution with benefits to soil fertility, productivity, and local biodiversity. Trees also help to prevent runoff or erosion, and often their produce can be sold for extra income. This theme pack includes…
Soil restoration practices and community identification: The antidote to countering soil degradation
RISING SIGNATURE TUNE, THEN FADE OUT HOST : We’re in Complan, one of the 22 villages in the urban commune of Dano, located in the southwest of Burkina Faso, 270 km (two-hundred seventy) from Ouagadougou, the capital. Complan means “white water” in the local Dagara language. The first inhabitants of the village noticed that…
No more famine: How one man led efforts to restore eight square kilometres of Nyakambu swamp in Sheema District, Western Uganda
HOST: Greetings, listeners, and welcome to the program. My name is ____. Today we will be talking about Nature-based Solutions, or NbS. These are innovative yet essential tools to fight climate change. They merge indigenous viewpoints and ecosystem-based solutions to tackle climate adaptation efforts. If appropriately implemented, NbS can expedite progress towards a low-carbon, equitable,…
Guardians of the green: Tackling invasive alien plants to address water scarcity in South Africa
SIGNATURE TUNE HOST: Good day listener, welcome again to our program on farming. In today’s segment, we focus on the significance of clearing invasive plants to restore water in its sources and grasslands. In today’s program, we will speak to some of the farmers and stakeholders in the Drakensberg who have taken…
Beekeeping protects forests and sweetens income for farmers in Mzimba, Malawi
HOST: Hello, our dear listeners. Welcome to your favorite program that covers issues pertaining to the environment and how we can help conserve it. As usual, you are with me, _______________. In this program, we are going to discuss how members of Malangazi Natural Resources Management Cooperative in Malawi’s northern district of Mzimba are…
Community mobilization around water
Signature tune rises, then fades out HOST : Welcome, listeners, and thank you for tuning in. Today’s program will focus on mobilizing the local population to take responsibility for the management of their water systems. We’re going to talk about the specific case of the village of Konioudou, located about forty (40) kilometers from…