The ABN 2008 1st Quarter Newsletter | ABNnews_04_08.pdf   643.34 Kb
The latest edition of the ABN Newsletter contains news from the network as well as interviews with some of Africa's leading environmental activists.
Africa’s Wealth of Seed Diversity and Farmer Knowledge | Africa’s Wealth of Seed.doc   32.768 Kb
Under threat from the Gates/ Rockefeller “Green Revolution” initiative

Statement from African civil society organisations at the
World Social Forum 2007

Nairobi, Kenya
25.01.07
Biofuels in Ghana | biofuels_ghana.pdf   259.017 Kb
This is the story of how a Norwegian Biofuels company took advantage of Ghana's traditional system of communal land ownership, and current climate and economic pressures, to claim and deforest large tracts of land in Kusawugu, Northern Ghana, with the intention of creating "the largest Jatropha plantation in the world".
Wilderness Trail Reflections | wilderness_trail.pdf   375.039 Kb
Participants at the ABN strategic planning meeting in the Baviaan's Kloof in South Africa reflect on their experience and inspirations gained during a two day wilderness trail.
The Network Approach: Concepts and Applications | Network_AngelaCordeiro.pdf   33.178 Kb
This paper explores the analytical study of Social Network Theory as a way to assess the efficacy of a network through analyzing the interactions between the different nodes in a network.
Burnout : A Few Perspectives | Burnout.pdf   61.763 Kb
This article looks at reasons for burnout and offers suggestions for energy management to prevent mental, emotional and spiritual burnout. Katja Abbott
An African Call for a Moratorium on Agrofuel Developments | Africaagrofuelmoratorium.pdf   86.682 Kb
The agrofuels 'revolution' is geared to replace biodiversity-based indigenous farming systems with mono cultures and genetically engineered agrofuel crops to benefit multinational corporations that already control the international market for agrofuels.

The Moratorium calls for:

• A moratorium on new agrofuel developments in Africa

• No agrofuel targets for governments in Europe and the rest of the world

• An international moratorium on agrofuel exports until the true social and environmental costs can be assessed and disaster averted.

 

We invite organizations from across Africa and the rest of the world to sign up to this moratorium call. Download the full moratorium here. To sign up, please send your name, organization and country to: agrofuelsafrica@gmail.com
A new scramble for Africa's remaining collective territories: the trends, tensions and challenges | TERRITORY_AND_LAND _CLAIMS_IN_SUB-SAHARAN_AFRICA_WORKING_PAPER1.rtf   182.181 Kb
This study seeks to interrogate the present status of collective, cultural, communal, territorial and environmental rights in Africa. It is aimed at citizens of Africa and Africa’s development partners to stimulate debate and seek solutions on the subjects of re-claiming territory rights and building community interest in land.
By Korir A Singoei & Adam Hussein Adam
Agrofuels in Africa – impacts on land, foods and forests | ABN_Agrofuels_Africa.pdf   1976.691 Kb
Case studies from Benin, Tanzania and Uganda by the ABN, Envirocare - Tanzania, Nature -Tropicale - Benin, Climate and Development Initiatives - Uganda, Matongo Mundia and Clement Chipokolo - Zambia
Cultural Biodiversity: Protecting Africa's biodiversity through traditional knowledge | Cultural Biodiversity.pdf   431.246 Kb
Cultural Biodiversity combines the concepts of culture and biodiversity in the context of traditional knowledge.