Ocean acidification (OA) poses a threat to coral reefs by increasing the fragility of susceptible corals to physical damage. As such, the impacts of dive tourism are likely to be exacerbated under…

Abstract Climate change mitigation is mostly assessed through the lens of technologies and policy instruments. However, governance and social capital are crucial factors in complex social systems and…

Purpose
This paper aims to analyse how the law on income taxation of small businesses in Uganda has evolved from the pre-colonial to the present day.

Design/methodology/approach
The study used...

Using an extended full-cycle carbon model from the Faustmann framework, which allows for management strategies of several uses concurrently implemented in the same area of forest, this paper…

Expansion in access to clean cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa remains well below the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal objectives. In particular, clean and modern forms of cooking have struggled to...

Farmers in West Africa practice many climate change adaptation strategies numbering about 91. However, only a few of the strategies are cost effective. When trying to cope with the impact of climate...

Background Breast and cervical cancers remain the most common cancers and the leading cause of cancer deaths in Ghana. Non-communicable diseases such as cancers, have been associated with…

Africa continues to suffer from the effects of climate change in many ways. Records show that the continent’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have seen tremendous upward adjustments over the past…

Abstract Firms in developing countries can learn advanced technology and management know-how through foreign direct investment (FDI). The extent (or the lack) of transmission of technology and…

We evaluate whether floods and landslides are more likely when rain falls inside versus outside protected areas (PAs).