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    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    August 10, 2026

    WRI's ProTana Project Starts First Seedling Planting Across Four Watersheds in Ethiopia

    • urban water resilience
    • Water Security
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    Planting seedlings in Ethiopia
    • urban water resilience
    • Water Security
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    Africa
    News
    July 30, 2026

    RELEASE: New WRI Research Shows Nairobi’s Flooding Crisis Spans Beyond Rainfall, Calls for a New Approach to Urban Resilience

    • floods
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • urban water resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • urban water resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    June 22, 2026

    Restoration's Success Goes Beyond Counting Trees

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Climate Resilience
    People carrying baskets of seedlings on their heads along a green hillside.
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Climate Resilience
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    June 8, 2026

    Tackling Central Africa's Water and Power Challenges Starts with Restoring Nature

    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    The bare hillsides of Bukavu being restored and stabilized
    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Climate
    Africa
    Technical Perspectives
    June 1, 2026

    Ethiopia’s NDC 3.0: Turning Climate Ambition into Development Priorities

    • NDC
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    Two people planting a tree seedling in the Lake Abaya watershed in Southern Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley.
    • NDC
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    May 26, 2026

    Rwanda’s Food Waste Could Feed Millions. Small Businesses Are Showing How.

    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • circular economy
    • food security
    • Business
    • Solutions in Focus
    Women sorting coffee, Rwanda
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • circular economy
    • food security
    • Business
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    May 18, 2026

    African Cities Use Nature to Fight Floods and Climate Change

    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Urban Development
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Workers remove invasive species in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Urban Development
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Forests
    Asia Africa Latin America
    News
    April 29, 2026

    RELEASE: Tropical Rainforest Loss Drops 36% in 2025, but Fires Threaten Global Progress

    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    • WRI Africa pillar
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    • WRI Africa pillar
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    March 11, 2026

    Mapping Forest Roads in the Congo Basin in Unprecedented Detail with AI

    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    Mapping Forest Roads in the Congo Basin in Unprecedented Detail with AI
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    March 11, 2026

    Cartographier les routes forestières du bassin du Congo avec un niveau de détail sans précédent grâce à l’IA

    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    Mapping Forest Roads in the Congo Basin in Unprecedented Detail with AI
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    March 6, 2026

    Rwanda’s Cities Turn to Green-Gray Infrastructure to Address Climate Risks

    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    • Urban Development
    At the Rwanda Forum for Urban & Peri-Urban Nature-based Solutions, practitioners and experts identified potential interventions for addressing the biggest climate risks in their districts.
    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    • Urban Development
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    March 2, 2026

    Ethiopia’s Federal Government Finances Large-Scale Nature Restoration

    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • agriculture
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    People in southern Ethiopia taking part in a tree planting initiative.
    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • agriculture
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation