For some, the Amazonian water hyacinth is an ornamental plant, for others an invasive green plague. For the planthopper, it's lunch.

Planthoppers versus water hyacinths in South Africa

The Sera Wildlife Conservancy brought three rival ethnic groups together to protect their natural resources. Now, they're joining forces to save the critically endangered black rhino.

Working together to save the black rhino

Insects are touted as the future of food security, and the larvae of black soldier flies could be a key player. But in Germany, red tape is stalling their introduction into the market and onto dinner plates.

Bugs: A superfood bogged down by bureaucracy

Students at an engineering school in Rabat, Morocco, are testing a new solar-powered racing car. Called Eleadora II, the vehicle runs without burning fossil fuels and could change how racing vehicles are made.

Doing Your Bit: Racing with solar power

LEAD

In Spain, volunteer divers organize cleanup expeditions to remove metal and lead from the Mediterranean seabed. The metals are then recycled. Underwater damage caused by this and other trash is shown in a photo exhibition.

Spain: Removing lead from the sea

Nigerian IT specialist Rebecca Amoo has developed an app that makes organic farming easier than ever, all from your smartphone. It's a part of a growing movement known as Crowd-farming.

Farming from your phone in Nigeria

Nigerian IT specialist Rebecca Amoo has developed an app that makes it easier than ever to farm organically, all from your smartphone. It's a part of a growing movement known as Crowd-farming.

Can bugs help save the climate and ensure food security? Pioneers all over the world think they can. They're developing sustainable products made of the larvae of black soldier flies - which often get caught in a web of red tape.

Insects: The new food?

Seabird populations are declining worldwide. On the island of Sal in Cape Verde, researchers are hoping to protect red-billed tropicbirds against the growing threat of tourism.

Cape Verde: Tourism threatens seabird populations

DW's Eco Africa showcases innovative concepts and best practice projects from Africa and Europe and presents environment and climate change ideas that inspire others to get on board or start something of their own. The show offers insight and moves people to help protect the environment.

Lesotho is water-rich. But the southern African kingdom is one of the world's poorest countries. To fill the state coffers, the government exports water to its parched neighbor, South Africa. Lesotho's villagers suffer, and so does its ecosystem.

Lesotho: The deal with water

Fresh produce is expensive in Ghana, with demand met mainly by imports. The Agrihouse Foundation encourages women to plant their own backyard gardens, which allows them to feed their families and secure an income.

Backyard gardens empower women in Ghana

Supply chains for animal health products are a challenge for rural farmers in Rwanda. But now the government and a US-based company are collaborating to provide products for pigs, cattle and other livestock using drones.

Using drones in Rwanda to deliver semen to rural breeders

Online platforms are sprouting up in Berlin to bring organic products like meat, milk and fish closer to consumers. One is raising bass using purified rainwater and even turns their waste into fertilizer for plants.

Bass and basil direct from the German capital

Deforestation and intensive crop cultivation have depleted the soil in much of Ivory Coast. To reserve this researchers are launching restoration projects, while farmers are trying to diversify their practices.

Can agroforestry reverse the effects of climate change?

Monkey nuts are a street food staple in Senegal. Now researchers say they're confident they can use the shells to generate and store energy. Success would mean recycling natural waste and developing a clean energy source.

Making clean energy from peanut shells

There are only a few official heat officers in the world. Now Freetown has hired Eugenia Kargbo and put her in charge of the city's response to rising temperatures. Helping the poor in informal settlements is a priority.

Africa's first heat officer starts work in Sierra Leone

To boost environmental awareness in Rwanda, the Biodiversity Conservation Organisation has launched a project for the young generation. It is aimed at students in schools, from early childhood to university.

The next generation of environmentalists

According to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, there are about 117,000 giraffes left in the wild. Researchers in Namibia want to improve their protection by raising awareness of this iconic species.

Protecting Africa's tallest creatures

Fishing communities around the world are starting to feel the impact of extreme weather conditions and coastal erosion. On the Turtle Islands residents are fighting back in an effort to save their fishing habitats.

Sierra Leone's Turtle Islands are under threat

Eco Africa: The Environment Magazine

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