I witnessed Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga's ability to bring captains of industry, partners from people's ...

An organisation led by Wanjira Maathai, the daughter ... Maathai and her mother. The late Wangari is celebrated world over for her efforts to protect forests in her native Kenyan home and the ...

A world-renowned environmental leader and Nobel Peace Laureate is coming to East Palo Alto to plant trees. Every citizen of the world, of Palo Alto and of EAST — delivered with a pause — Palo ...

Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel ... So I never gave up Maathai regularly protested plans to privatise parts of Kenya’s forests and give them to the government’s ...

He added: "The new Wangari Maathai Garden and Trees reflects the ... Maathai in 2010 also became a trustee of the Karura Forest Environmental Education Trust, established to safeguard the public ...

the late Prof Wangari Maathai said the shamba system had been abused by some farmers who corruptly turned large sections of indigenous forests into farmlands. "We cannot sacrifice indigenous ...

With the sad news of Wangari Maathai's death on Sunday night (25 September), we celebrate the life and philosophy of an extraordinary woman via a series of video clips, below. Maathai, a veteran ...

In 2004, Kenyan Wangari Maathai became the first African woman ... clashed with the government while trying to protect Kenya's forest and parks. Witness speaks to her daughter, Wanjira Mathai.

The Green Belt Movement (GBM) has raised concerns with the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) over an alleged ongoing construction of a luxurious hotel in the Ngong Road Forest.

On Friday, 21 March, the UNFF Secretariat coordinated the celebration of the International Day of Forests at UNHQ New York. Under the theme “Forests and Foods“, this year’s event focused on ...

All over the world people are working in quiet and heroic ways to sustain, protect and manage our forests. To honour these heroes, the United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat launched the the ...