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Thursday 11 March

South Africa: Tourism Minister has Nod for UN Climate Chief Job
AllAfrica.com | 09 Mar 2010
THE government nominated Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk yesterday to succeed United Nations (UN) climate chief Yvo de Boer, who announced his resignation last month.

Climate Change Impacts

South Africa: Carbon Ironies - Rich Countries Should Welcome World Bank Loan
AllAfrica.com | 09 Mar 2010
HOW ironic. For years, the World Bank wants to lend SA money for development but SA keeps saying no. When it finally turns around and says yes, a couple of rich countries jump in to try and prevent the loan on the grounds, essentially, that SA isn't "first world" enough when it comes to clean air standards.

Cleaner Technologies

Uganda: Lessons From Bududa
AllAfrica.com | 09 Mar 2010
President Museveni last week described the landslide in Bududa as a great tragedy that should make the country rethink the practices that interfere with God's natural engineering. "seek better ways for a healthy co-existence between man and nature".

Uganda | Climate Change Impacts | Floods | Loss of Vegetation

Nigeria: Senate Sets Up Technical Committee on Environment
AllAfrica.com | 09 Mar 2010
A technical committee comprising of members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, ministry of Environment and Ecological Fund Office was yesterday set up to find ways of tackling the immense environmental challenges facing the country.

Environmental Impacts

Nigeria: 'Oil Coys Can Stop Gas Flare in 15 Months'
AllAfrica.com | 09 Mar 2010
The Delta Government has restated its resolve to get major oil companies operating in the state to stop gas flaring in 15 months time.

Pollution

Nigeria: Why FG Embarked On N19 Billion Shoreline Project
AllAfrica.com | 09 Mar 2010
Minister of Environment Mr. John Odey has said that the proposed dredging of the creeks and channels in the Niger Delta without environmental Impact Assessment is considered dangerous as it will submerged the communities if solid embankment to protect the shores is not put in place.

Climate Change Impacts | Coastal and Marine Issues

Nigeria: The Impact of Bush Fire And Tree Felling
AllAfrica.com | 09 Mar 2010
Bush fires and felling of trees have been a part of Nigerian history for hundreds of years; People used bush fires to their benefit to manage the land and as a hunting aid and trees are used as or sold for fuel or a commodity to be used by humans. Climate experts and agriculturalists have said these human activities have contributed to global warming and deprived the soil the key nutrients elements needed by plants in large quantities.

Nigeria | Air Pollution | Deforestation | Loss of Vegetation

Africa: From Crisis to Opportunity Through Clean Technology
AllAfrica.com | 08 Mar 2010
Calestous Juma is professor of the Practice of International Development and director of the Science, Technology and Globalization Project at the Harvard Kennedy School. He also directs the Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Juma currently

Cleaner Technologies | Climate Change Impacts

Chad: UN Boosts Efforts to Tackle Food Insecurity
AllAfrica.com | 08 Mar 2010
United Nations agencies are ramping up efforts to assist around 2 million Chadians who will require food aid this year because of poor rainfall and lean harvests, the world body said today.

Chad | Agriculture | Drought

West Africa: Women Seek Role in Climate Change Campaign
AllAfrica.com | 08 Mar 2010
Women in West Africa have called for integration of women in the global effort to arrest the adverse effect of climate change on humanity.

Nigeria | Climate Change Impacts

Uganda: Reforestation Will Reduce Landslides - UWA Boss
AllAfrica.com | 08 Mar 2010
The landslides that hit Bududa district last week could have been avoided if the locals had not destroyed the vegetation cover, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) executive director, Moses Mapesa, has said.

Uganda | Deforestation | Loss of Vegetation

Kenya: Lake Turkana Ecosystem - Development for Ecology?
AllAfrica.com | 08 Mar 2010
The 290 kilometre long and 32km wide Lake Turkana is the world's largest desert lake, with about 48 different species of fish. The lake's location in a fragile environment makes it particularly prone to climate change.A more immediate threat though is the latest dam on the lake's permanent inflow.

Kenya | Encroachment on Ecosystems | Fisheries

South Africa: Losing Battle in Green Crimes
AllAfrica.com | 08 Mar 2010
ENVIRONMENTAL management inspectors say they are battling to prevent a large number of environmental crimes, many committed by well-organised syndicates serving markets in the Far East.

South Africa | Hazardous Waste | Pollution | Wildlife Conflicts

Namibia: Climate Change Will Dry Up Millions
AllAfrica.com | 07 Mar 2010
The impacts of climate change on natural resources could cost the Namibian economy between one per cent and six per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) annually over the next 20 years.

Namibia | Climate Change Impacts | Economics and the Environment

Nigeria: Govt to Check Climate Change
AllAfrica.com | 07 Mar 2010
Delta State has set the pace in the global actions on climate change by being the first in the country to formulate a "Climate Change Policy" aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change.

Nigeria | Climate Change Impacts | Public Policy

D R Congo: Dams, rivers, and stolen millions
AfricaFiles | 06 Mar 2010
Local elites, vulture funds, and foreign companies are diverting funds meant for the rehabilitation of DR Congo's Inga dams. Over US$110 million remains unaccounted for causing delays and scaling back of dam rehabilitation schemes. Local communities are worst affected as the DRCs resource curse engulfs the energy sector. JK

Africa: Facing Extreme Weather Head On, Ibrahim Forum Urges Action
AllAfrica.com | 06 Mar 2010
Although Africa has contributed little to global warming, the continent and other parts of the developing world are bearing the brunt of the resultant climate change, according to scientists and development specialists. The question now is what to do about it before the fallout has disastrous consequences.

Climate Change Impacts | Drought | Energy Conservation

Malawi: Climate Change is Changing Farming Methods
AllAfrica.com | 06 Mar 2010
As they slept soundly on the night of Feb. 28, a family of four was killed when their house collapsed over their heads in Malawi's southern district of Chikhwawa.

Agriculture | Climate Change Impacts | Drought | Floods

Consider needs of men, women, & children on farms - citizen jury
AfricaFiles | 06 Mar 2010
The first of two "citizens' juries" in West Africa on where future agricultural research ought to be focused, not surprisingly revealed clear differences between the citizens views and what agricultural researchers are doing and thinking — such as the farmers emphasis on agroecology, whi

Egypt says it will propel African science agenda
SCIDEV.NET | 05 Mar 2010
As Egypt takes the helm of the African science council, AMCOST, it says it will sustain mounting support for science on the continent.

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