Being Green

Last month, an extensive spatial biodiversity assessment, prioritization, and planning project got underway in 4 Southern African Development Community countries. This may not sound like the most exciting of projects, but it is a crucial one. The mapping of ecosystems in South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, and Malawi will help these countries to improve their environmental planning and monitoring of indigenous species and ecosystems. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Ghislain Reb, head of the infrastructure and environmental team at the Agence Française de Développement, which is one of the co-sponsors of the project.