Prosopis was introduced as a tough, drought-fighting ally in Ethiopia’s drylands. Decades later, its spread shows how quickly ...

SALEM: The Panamarathupatti Lake, once a major source of drinking water for Salem city, now remains choked with the Prosopis ...

A team of scientists led by CABI have conducted a new study which shows that three ways to fight the invasive Prosopis juliflora tree in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania all proved very effective in ...

Prosopis juliflora seriously diminishes water resources in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, consuming enough of this already scarce resource to irrigate cotton and sugarcane generating some US$ 320 ...

The adoption of a sustainable land management practice (SLM) to manage invasive Prosopis juliflora -- considered one of the world's most threatening non-native tree species -- appears to have ...

Once hailed as a solution to Ethiopia's creeping desertification, a foreign tree is now spreading uncontrollably across the east African nation, threatening fragile ecosystems and the very survival of ...

An invasive evergreen tree, known as Prosopis juliflora, is quite the thirsty species. Prosopis has taken over large swaths of the Afar Region in Ethiopia and while one might think the added green ...

When Asha Abdikadir Ahmed used to cook with firewood, her restaurant filled with billowing clouds of smoke. But now, when she tosses a briquette onto the fire, it burns clean and lasts all morning.

The Forest Department has refuted reports, which alleged that trees such as teak and rose wood were felled from the limits of Pollachi forest range of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) on the pretext ...

A commotion erupted at the Sivaganga farmers’ grievance meeting here on Friday after farmers protested and argued with officials, claiming they were not given an opportunity to raise their demands and ...