How a Girl from Rural Zululand Made Her Mark on Forestry Yoliswa Dlamini didn’t choose forestry – it chose her. Growing up in Melmoth, a small town in Zululand, weekends and holidays as the oldest child meant following her forester father into the plantations. She learned to operate farm machinery and helped with harvesting operations ...

In a first, a team led by Tanzanian remote-sensing scientist Robert Masolele used high-resolution satellite data and deep-learning techniques to draw up a map identifying the drivers of forest conversion in Africa. The research shows that most deforested land on the continent is turned into small-scale farms, with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar ...