{"id":31110,"date":"2023-07-07T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T14:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:29:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T14:29:32","slug":"african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality","title":{"rendered":"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Africa\u2019s vast forest cover, estimated at 636,639 million hectares or 16 percent of the world\u2019s total, if harnessed sustainably, will catalyze the continent\u2019s drive to achieve carbon neutrality, scientists said.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a forum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, the scientists acknowledged Africa\u2019s escalating climate crisis, adding that the continent\u2019s tropical forests hold the key to a green and resilient future for local communities.<\/p>\n

Convened by the Nairobi-based African Forest Forum, the five-day pan-African forum starting on Monday has brought together policymakers, scientists, botanists, and green campaigners to discuss the role of forests and tree-based ecosystems in advancing the continent\u2019s green agenda.<\/p>\n

Godwin Kowero, executive secretary of the African Forest Forum, said by protecting the continent\u2019s indigenous forests, grassroots communities will benefit from climate resilience and transformed livelihoods.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sustainable management of forest resources will be key to boosting our resilience to climatic shocks, providing income to rural communities, and stabilizing the environment,\u201d Kowero said.<\/p>\n

According to Kowero, the contribution of the forest ecosystem to Africa\u2019s response to climate change is recognized by multilateral environment agreements and the continent\u2019s long-term growth and transformation blueprint.<\/p>\n

He said despite contributing less than 4 percent to global greenhouse gas emissions, Africa remains the epicenter of climate disasters, including droughts, floods, wildfires, and tropical storms.<\/p>\n

Kowero called for policy reforms, enforcement of legislation, and engagement of the private sector and communities to reverse forest degradation, worsened by climate change, population pressure, and lax policing.<\/p>\n

Joshua Cheboiwo, director of the Kenya Forestry Research Institute, stressed that sustainable utilization of tropical forests, mangrove swamps, and savannah grasslands will aid Africa\u2019s quest to achieve net-zero targets.<\/p>\n

Cheboiwo said the continent should leverage its forest resources to tackle rural poverty and food insecurity, and spur local manufacturing and cross-border trade in natural products.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. Africa\u2019s vast forest cover, estimated at 636,639 million hectares or 16 percent of the world\u2019s total, if harnessed sustainably, will catalyze the continent\u2019s drive to achieve carbon neutrality, scientists said. Speaking at a forum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, the scientists acknowledged Africa\u2019s escalating climate crisis, adding that the continent\u2019s tropical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[242,233,246,245],"class_list":["post-31110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"\nAfrican scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa\u2019s vast forest cover, estimated at 636,639 million hectares or 16 percent of the world\u2019s total, if harnessed susta ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa\u2019s vast forest cover, estimated at 636,639 million hectares or 16 percent of the world\u2019s total, if harnessed susta ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-07T14:18:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-07T14:29:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/07\/sm_1688723815.328106.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"908\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-07T14:18:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-07T14:29:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality\"},\"wordCount\":322,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/07\/sm_1688723815.328106.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality\",\"name\":\"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality - Lesotho\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/07\/sm_1688723815.328106.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-07T14:18:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-07T14:29:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Africa\u2019s vast forest cover, estimated at 636,639 million hectares or 16 percent of the world\u2019s total, if harnessed susta ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/07\/sm_1688723815.328106.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/07\/sm_1688723815.328106.jpg\",\"width\":1696,\"height\":908,\"caption\":\"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\",\"name\":\"Lesotho\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality - Lesotho","description":"Africa\u2019s vast forest cover, estimated at 636,639 million hectares or 16 percent of the world\u2019s total, if harnessed susta ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality","og_description":"Africa\u2019s vast forest cover, estimated at 636,639 million hectares or 16 percent of the world\u2019s total, if harnessed susta ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality","og_site_name":"Lesotho","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-07-07T14:18:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-07T14:29:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1696,"height":908,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/07\/sm_1688723815.328106.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality","datePublished":"2023-07-07T14:18:02+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-07T14:29:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality"},"wordCount":322,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/07\/sm_1688723815.328106.jpg","keywords":["Africa","Africa Press","Africa Press-Lesotho","Lesotho"],"articleSection":["all news","miscellaneous"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality","name":"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality - Lesotho","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/07\/sm_1688723815.328106.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-07T14:18:02+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-07T14:29:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Africa\u2019s vast forest cover, estimated at 636,639 million hectares or 16 percent of the world\u2019s total, if harnessed susta ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/07\/sm_1688723815.328106.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/07\/sm_1688723815.328106.jpg","width":1696,"height":908,"caption":"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/african-scientists-to-assist-attain-carbon-neutrality#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"African scientists to assist attain carbon neutrality"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/","name":"Lesotho","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}