15. Life on land

Gabrielle is a future biologist and environmental scientist. She is happy to be part of a project where she can help educate communities in the protected areas about biodiversity. Biodiversity is important in providing ecosystem services and other resources beneficial to all.

Palm oil is a source of enrichment for transnational companies that come from developed countries. But what happens in the developing countries where the palm plantations are located?

In traditional cattle farming, the cows were a local breed. Nowadays, however, there is a new ‘modern’ breed of cow. The indigenous cows are small. But the pure-breed modern cows are larger and more productive than the traditional ones. Traditional cattle farming is a case of quantity over quality.

This story from far north Cameroon shows how rural women or local farmers are using organic fertilizer in growing crops as a way of combatting soil degradation.

A look at Climate Change from Burgos to Granada in Spain. Two spanish students tell the stories of their villages, where people are looking for solutions and working on how to deal with the challenges.

We are currently restoring the fertility of arable land by producing and using manure. Because of an interventionist policy farmers gradually abandoned the methods handed down to them by their ancestors. One of the solutions I am putting forward for making the land fertile again is called ‘accelerated composting’ and is carried out in five steps ...

The region, where I come from, is located in the Sahelian zone. It is suffering the consequences of the advance of the desert.

I, Daniel Santana Filho, wrote this story, because I am concerned with healthy food, the environment and agricultural production. I propose some solutions ...

The Dja Biosphere Reserve (DBR) in the eastern region of Cameroon is a world heritage site in the Congo basin, which has a wide variety of plants, animals and streams. A young man tells us that poaching is no longer a way for him to improve his life. He was able to take a course, which contributed to a reduction in poaching.

In my region, we are facing serious problems related to climate change, and deforestation is the main cause.