Whither Biodiversity Climate and Social Change in sub-Saharan Africa

While Africa is home to some of the most biodiverse regions in the world, it is also among the poorest and most populous, facing challenges from population increases, rapid urbanisation, great needs to improve education, climate change, and environmental conflict. In addition, twenty percent of the continent’s land surface has been degraded. To face these and other challenges, new approaches to conservation are required as is the will to enact meaningful change.\