Human beings have been collecting honey and other products from wild bees for thousands of years. But it can be difficult to find wild bee nests and can be risky to remove the honey. Beekeeping on the other hand, is a fantastic way to conveniently access your own supply of honey, at little cost. As well as providing honey and wax for home consumption, honeybee products can be sold to provide a good income, either locally or on a bigger scale. [...]
The FAO estimates that 2.4 billion people depend on wood energy for cooking and heating. In African countries the proportion of people using wood fuels as a main or only source of energy can be startling. Ninety percent of the population in Sierra Leone are estimated to rely on charcoal or firewood for energy, and 85% in Mali. In Madagascar, Senegal, Chad and Niger, the figures are similar. In urban areas the trend is from wood towards charcoal. Charcoal stoves are [...]
PACE (Pan African Conservation Education) shares environmental success stories, practical ways in which people are addressing their common environmental problems. The PACE pack is a set of multi-media educational materials about issues confronting people as they lead their lives across Africa. The Action sheets provide practical information to help people to put solutions into practice. Our next, new Action sheet is about Mushroom Cultivation. It was written by FOREP - Forests, Resources and People, a group in Limbe, Cameroon that learnt [...]
