How these trees then reached continental Africa and Australia is still unclear. In the past, some have proposed that baobab fruits may have been carried by ocean currents and, in the case of ...

The trees are featured in cultural traditions across Africa, and they also support the livelihoods of thousands of people who harvest baobab fruit. And across mainland Africa, a researcher has ...

Africa's Oldest Trees Are Dying, and Scientists Are Stumped. A mysterious killer is claiming the mighty baobab. By Nadia Drake. June 11, ...

Previous studies have shown that Africa’s tropical forests store more carbon per hectare than Amazonian forests. But how they do so is still a puzzle. It turns out that elephants play an ...

And in a visual analysis carried out in May at the request of Yale Environment 360, he used sample satellite images to estimate that there are about 1.4 billion trees on farms across sub-Saharan ...

In 2020, only 22.7 percent (about 674,419,000 ha.) of Africa was forested, according to the FAO. Between 1990 and 2010, Africa lost 10.0 percent (around 74,819,000 ha.) of its forest cover. Indigenous ...

More information: Urs Schaffner et al, The Ecology and Management of Invasive Prosopis Trees in Eastern Africa (2024). DOI: 10.1079/9781800623644.0000. Provided by CABI.