Under the axe
Forest areas continue to decrease though plantations are slowing down the rate of net loss
Forest areas continue to decrease though plantations are slowing down the rate of net loss
A new tax introduced by the newly formed East Africa Customs Union (eacu) will increase the prices of hiv drugs in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, accentuating the sufferings of the most vulnerable
Wangari Maathai, Kenya's popular environmental activist who is also the country's deputy environment minister, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting poverty by trying to save Africa's
AIDS threatens subsistence agriculture in Africa
Conservation and Society by Kamaljit S Bawa
marine boom: An unprecedented census of marine life is reporting three new fish species a week on an average. In the first interim report of the census, an international team of scientists predicts
Thabo Mbeki, President, African National Congress, expressed his concerns to the eu regarding its Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (reach) legislation. reach is designed to
This story reminds one of the Hollywood blockbuster of the 1960s that changed the way many people looked at birds. Gigantic flocks of the quela quela (Quelea quelea) bird have attacked rice and maize
The G 20 bloc of nations faces new challenges
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Trade unionists and environment experts from around the world have agreed that environmental rights such as access to clean water, health care and energy be made part of workers rights.<br><br> The decision was taken during a conference on labour and environment organised by the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi from January 15-17, 2006.<br>
The us $1.2 billion Merowe/Hamadab dam on river Nile in Sudan, the largest hydropower project being developed in Africa, is being opposed by environmentalists. The 1,250-megawatt dam, to be
The biodiversity bill has the potential of challenging the much hated formal intellectual property rights system of the TRIPs
All-or-nothing targets for global access to basic amenities such as drinking water and sanitation are outdated. The time has come for a more fluid approach. March 20, 2008
Returning to Africa after a 10 year absence, Chris Reij could barely believe his eyes. On the arid margins of the Sahara in Niger, all he could see were trees.
In Food or Fuel, the second episode of the Future Food series, Kenyan Farmer and campaigner, Moses Shaha is cynical about ‘biofuels’, energy extracted from crop plants. He journeys through southern Kenya
The ancient and beautiful town of Cholula, Mexico, one of the magical towns in Mexico, where the Universidad de las Americas, Puebla is located, has been chosen as the site for the celebration of the ICHRCC.
The 7th Africa Carbon Forum (ACF) offers a comprehensive programme for project developers and policy makers on the latest investment, finance and development opportunities relating to climate change.
<p>Water today is undervalued, misused and misallocated. Too many of us take it for granted - we turn on the tap and it flows. But did you know only 4% of Earth’s water is freshwater and only 0.5% of that is safe for human consumption? As shocks of drought and deluge unleash their devastation, water has forced itself to center stage. It demands that we change fundamentally; it asks that we value it profoundly.</p>