UN recognizes World Restoration Flagships in East Africa, Mexico, Spain By Joyce Ojanji The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have announced the first World Restoration Flagships for this year, tackling pollution, unsustainable exploitation, and invasive species in three continents. The three new flagships comprise restoration initiatives in […]

Overexploitation Depleting Fish Stocks, Sustainable Management Crucial By Sharon Atieno With more than a third of global fish stocks being overexploited, sustainable management is crucial to rebuild populations. This is according to a new report released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at the third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France. The Review […]

Kenya: Science, Technology & Innovation to Transform Arid Lands By Duncan Mboyah Kenya plans to use science, technology, and innovation to transform Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) to productive agricultural areas. Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak, principal secretary in the State Department for Science, Research, and Innovation in the Ministry of Education, said that Kenya continues to […]

Global Gender Gap Improves, More Effort Needed By Sharon Atieno Strides in political empowerment and economic participation have led to a remarkable improvement in the gender gap since the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025 notes that through these efforts, the gender parity gap has closed at nearly 70% while […]

World Environment Day: Mobilizing Commitment, Action to End Plastic Pollution By Joyce Ojanji With plastic leakage to the environment predicted to grow by 50 per cent, permeating every corner of the planet, and that pollution creeping into our bodies through food, drinking water, and air, World Environment Day, marked annually every 5th June, called for […]