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Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

DW's Eco Africa showcases innovative concepts and best practice projects from Africa and Europe and presents environment and climate change ideas that inspire others to get on board or start something of their own.

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Fighting for space in the Serengeti

An exploding human population means wildlife compete with people over scarce land near the Serengeti National Park.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 7, 201704:48 min
09.2016 DW eco@africa Teaser mit Partner 3

Eco-at-Africa - The Environment Magazine

This week on eco@africa: fighting for space in the Serengeti, counting butterflies and greener coal from banana peel.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 7, 201726:01 min
Symbolbild Fliegenwinzling Stubenfliege

Earth's natural clean-up crew

Vultures, flies and bacteria - none of these organisms are loved by humans. But they are essential to our ecosystem.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 4, 2017
09.2016 DW eco@africa Teaser mit Partner 2

Eco-at-Africa - The Environment Magazine

On this week's eco@africa, we look at sugar power in Uganda and how a coal haven is going green.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 2, 201726:03 min
Zuckerrohr (Blogformat)

Powering Uganda with sugar

Eating a sugary treat can give you an energy kick. But what if you could make electricity with it?
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 2, 201704:39 min
Eco@Africa

A coal city goes green

How did a former center of coal production in Germany become Europe's "Green Capital"?
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 2, 201705:03 min
Wiesen-Schlüsselblume

Protecting Kosovo's medicinal plants

Some in Kosovo are protecting the land's rare and wild medicinal plants.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 2, 201704:42 min
Triticale, Triticosecale,x Triticosecale, Triticale

Quote of the week

Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 1, 2017
DW eco@africa - Madagascar's baobab trees

Our beautiful planet: Africa's tree of life

Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 1, 2017
Deutschland Wiesenschlüsselblume

Seven plants with medicinal powers

Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 1, 20177 images
Eco@Africa

Welcome to this week's eco@africa

On eco@africa: A coal city turned green capital, Ugandan sugar power and sustainable vibes in Nigeria.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 31, 2017
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Our Beautiful Planet

Nature and EnvironmentAugust 25, 2017
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Welcome to this week's eco@africa

On this week's eco@africa, we find out about a self-charging bike and water-saving car washes.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 24, 2017
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Traditional but high-tech: Green homes in Kenya

In Kenya, traditional Maasai homes are being kitted out with solar panels, and other green tech.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 23, 201704:56 min
Afrika Ghana - Frosch

A superhero for Ghana's frogs

Biologist Gilbert Adum is working hard to ensure the endangered Giant Squeaker Frog doesn't croak.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 23, 201705:43 min
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Austria's self-charging bikes

An Austrian firm says it has invented the world's first foldable, self-charging bicycle.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 23, 201701:39 min
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A magic sponge for oil spills

Could the chance invention of "miracle" cotton wool help clean up devastating oil spills?
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 23, 201703:40 min
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Cameroon's green car wash

Saving water in Cameroon with a mobile, solar-powered car wash.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 23, 201704:21 min
09.2016 DW eco@africa Teaser mit Partner 3

Eco-at-Africa - The Environment Magazine

Green car washes, cotton wool strong enough to absorb oil spills, and self-charging bicycles.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 23, 201725:57 min
DW eco@africa - Nneota Egbe

Welcome to this week's eco@africa

On this week's eco@africa we find out about protecting birds in Uganda, renting baby clothes and making energy in Kenya.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 21, 2017
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Poop Power in East Africa

One green company in Kenya wants to bring power to rural East Africa with a mini biogas system.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 19, 201702:42 min
Nordsee Insel Helgoland

125 years of climate research on Heligoland

Researchers on Heligoland are investigating how levels of salt and acidity in oceans are impacting wildlife.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 19, 201704:06 min
DW eco@africa - Gorongosa National Park

Female rangers in Gorongosa National Park

Female rangers are being given a chance to help in the fight to save Mozambique's animals.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 19, 201703:06 min
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Digital garden: Just a toy or healthy living?

City dwellers have started virtual gardening and nothing has been left out to get that real earthy feeling.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 19, 201704:57 min
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Renting baby clothes

An environmentally friendly Danish company is aiming to tackle waste by letting parents rent its baby clothes.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 19, 201701:26 min
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Protecting Uganda's wetlands

A local conservation group is retraining fishermen to become bird guides in an uphill effort to protect Uganda's wetland
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 19, 201704:34 min
DW eco@africa - Tanguar haor, Bangaldesch

Our Beautiful Planet

Nature and EnvironmentAugust 11, 2017
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eco@africa - The Environment Magazine

This week, we visit with turtles and rhinos, and find out how to make wind energy with a kite.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 11, 201726:00 min
DW eco@africa - Black rhino

Botswana's rhinos make a comeback

Botswana's rhinos are on the brink of extinction. An initiative is working to bring them back.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 11, 201704:25 min
DW eco@africa - Tech trash

Finding riches in rubbish

A German company is cashing in on precious raw materials by recycling electronic waste.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 11, 201703:44 min
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The fight for water in Kenya

Hydropower plants are placing huge pressure on Kenya's Tana River.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 11, 201703:34 min
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Go fly a kite … and make energy

An inventor on a remote Scottish island has developed a novel way to make electricity with kites.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 11, 201701:56 min
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Saving an ancient nomadic way of life

A dry spell is threatening an ancient nomadic way of life in Ethiopia. But vets are trying to help.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 11, 201703:36 min
DW eco@africa - A rain forest in Cameroon

Money for forest honey

Selling honey gives locals in Cameroon’s Oku forest an alternative to illegal logging.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 7, 201703:25 min
DW eco@africa - Romania's bears

Romania's brown bear: Friend or foe?

Romania has banned bear hunting, halting a multimillion-euro industry and raising fears of attack.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 7, 201704:29 min
DW eco@africa - Male lion

Tracking lions, saving lives

Radio collars help park rangers track lions, so the big cats and their human neighbors stay safe.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 7, 201701:29 min
DW eco@africa - Uganda farming

A passion for farming

A Ugandan couple are giving girls who dropped out of school a fresh start growing passion fruit.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 7, 201703:30 min
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Energy for a song

In Finsterwalde, singers lead tours to show just how much energy building renovations can save.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 7, 201703:49 min
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Eco-at-Africa - The Environment Magazine

The German town making a song and dance about saving energy, Botswana’s eco-safaris, and much more.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 4, 201700:26 min
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Our beautiful planet

Nature and EnvironmentAugust 4, 2017
Al Azhar Park in Cario

A green oasis in the land of the pharaohs

Cairo's Al-Azhar Park is still changing its neighborhood for the better 12 years after it was first opened.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 28, 2017
09.2016 DW eco@africa Teaser mit Partner 3

eco@africa - The Environment Magazine

Visit an organic farmer doing battle with crows and find a use for invasive water hyacinth.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 28, 201726:00 min
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Sharing is caring, and a growing business

From cars, to clothes to houses and gardens, sharing is in. For those willing to pay.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 28, 201704:06 min
DW eco@africa - Solar power in Chinas Fujian Province

Making solar power portable

Berlin start-up SunZilla makes solar kits that can supply and store electricity for up to seven people.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 28, 201701:37 min
DW eco@africa - Lobéké National Park

Protecting Ghana's tropical forest

An awareness and training program in Ghana is working to counter illegal logging practices.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 27, 201703:06 min
DW eco@africa - 'Turning weeds into woven wonders'

Turning weeds into woven wonders

Nigerian social entrepreneurs make furnishings from natural fibres such as water hyacinth.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 27, 201704:55 min
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Shooting crows in Switzerland

How do Swiss farmers deal with hungry crows? They call in the hunters.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 27, 201702:41 min
DW eco@africa - Joshua Amponsem

Ecology versus economy in Ghana

Ghana is about to trade some bauxite for $15 billion. Joshua Amponsem questions the long-term impact of the move.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 27, 2017
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Freeing Zanzibar from waste

Poor waste management in Zanzibar generates mountains of rubbish, but a community initiative is tackling the problem.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 24, 201703:36 min
DW eco@africa - Japanese snow macaques

Our Beautiful Planet

Japanese snow monkeys, which enthrall many with their bathing antics in hot springs, are under threat.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 21, 2017