If farmers practice sustainable farming techniques, water towers resources shall not be over extracted.

Interview with Mugove Walter Nyika, coordinator of the 9th International Permaculture Conference and Convergence (IPC9).  The IPC9 will be held in Africa in November of 2009. Nyika discusses the history of Permaculture in Africa, what participants can expect to find at the Conference, why the "Green Revolution" isn't really green, and the role that Permaculture plays in Africa's move toward sustainability.

In this guest lecture, Paul Blackmore, director of the Fuqua Conservatory at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens presents his fascinating work on edible and medicinal plants of Cameroon. Mr. Blackmore speaks about his fascinating experiences during field research and conservation efforts over 6 years that he spent working in the area of Mount Cameroon. This lecture was given in April 2012 in Dr. Cassandra Quave's class "Botanical Medicine and Health" at Emory University.

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The functioning of the forest ecosystem is complex and often not easy to understand. This includes the mycorrhiza, the living community between plants and fungi. This symbiosis is illustrated with an educational film of the nationalparks Bavarian Forest and Šumava.