Facts in Q&A format

A total of 448 rhinos were killed in South Africa in 2022. The number of rhinos killed in the past year represents a slight decrease of 3 compared to the 451 rhinos poached in South Africa in 2021. ...

The amount of solid waste generated in Nairobi City County increased by 17% from 1.97 million tonnes in 2020 to 2.30 million tonnes in 2021. ...

The area of Mount Kenya’s glaciers (ice masses) decreased an estimated 44% from 2004 to 2016. Only 10 of the 18 glaciers that covered Mount Kenya’s summit a century ago remain today, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. Within the next 25 years, warming temperatures could mean ...

About 8% of Kenya’s land mass is protected area for wildlife conservation. The protected areas comprise of 23 terrestrial National Parks, 28 terrestrial National Reserves, 4 marine National Parks, 6 marine National Reserves and 4 national sanctuaries. ...

Wildebeest were the most common (284,000) in Kenya’s rangelands, followed by zebras (105,000) and gazelles (101,000). ...

Nigeria generates an estimated 32 million tonnes of solid waste yearly, one of the highest amounts in Africa. ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Africa and Nigeria were the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in 2019. The DRC emitted 679.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e), South Africa emitted 562.2 MtCO2e and Nigeria emitted 354.3 MtCO2e. ...

On September 15 2020, the Zimbabwe government announced changes to the country’s agro-ecological boundaries, which had been in place since the 1960s. Agro-ecological zones are identified based on the “distribution of soil, land surface and climate”, says the United Nations’ Food and...