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Tuesday 24 April 2012

KENYA: Early warning volunteers try to prevent flood misery
IRIN News | 24 Apr 2012
BUDALANGI 24 April 2012 (IRIN) - Joseph Mbima wades along submerged footpaths as he moves from homestead to homestead in the Bunyala area of western Kenya. His mission: to ask residents to evacuate their homes in the event of flash-flood warnings.
 Kenya | Environmental Awareness | Education
Not enough was done: Diepsloot residents (Video)
ips.org | 24 Apr 2012
Johannesburg water tanker. Credit: Sipho Stuurman/IPSWater has been restored to the Diepsloot township in Johannesburg, but residents say more should have been done by the city to ensure that they had enough to drink after the water supply was contaminated. Audio Slide Show 
 South Africa | Access to Freshwater
AfDB supports 2012 World Malaria Day and its theme: "Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria"
African Development Bank | 24 Apr 2012
Malaria hits Africa the hardest. More than 80 percent of all malaria cases around the world each year occur in Africa, and the continent suffers more than 90 percent of the fatalities caused by the disease.Children are the most vulnerable. Of the deaths caused by malaria, 86 percent are among...
 Health and Environment
Plus d'un milliard DA pour enlever 6 millions m3 de vase du barrage de Bouhanifia (Mascara)
Algérie Presse Service | 24 Apr 2012
MASCARA- Le ministère des Ressources en eau a alloué une enveloppe financière de 1,1 milliard DA pour enlever six (6) millions de mètres cubes de vase du barrage de "Bouhnifia" (Mascara), a-t-on appris auprès de la Direction de wilaya du secteur.Selon une responsable de service à la Direction susmentionnée, la vase, qui sera déposée sur des terres agricoles en trois ans, contribue à leur fertilisation puisque contenant une matière organique utile.
 Algeria | Water Management
Mauritius: Small island states tackle climate change
feedproxy.google.com | 24 Apr 2012
Source:  Voice of America Country:  Mauritius, Fiji, Haiti, Jamaica by Joe DeCapuaExperts from more than 50 small island countries are meeting this week in Mauritius to discuss climate...
 Mauritius | Climate Change Adaptation | Climate Change Impacts
Ethiopia: Climate risks to fisheries may hike African hunger
feedproxy.google.com | 24 Apr 2012
Source:  AlertNet Country:  Ethiopia, Kenya, World By Thin Lei WinHANOI (AlertNet) - Climate change threatens to reduce catches from fisheries and worsen hunger among some of sub-Saharan Africa's...
 Kenya | Climate Change Impacts | Fisheries
Kenya: Floods Round Up 2012
feedproxy.google.com | 24 Apr 2012
Source:  Kenya Red Cross Country:  Kenya Taita Taveta: 6th April; 2012 Excessive rain in Taita Taveta County, Coast Province, caused flash floods that rendered many people homeless as their houses were submerged by water....
 Kenya | Floods
ITPGR Multilateral System Gets Moroccan Wheat Accessions
biodiversity-l.iisd.org | 24 Apr 2012
The Multilateral System (MLS) of access and benefit-sharing (ABS) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR) received 351 new wheat accessions that have been evaluated during a project implemented in Morocco and funded by the Treaty's Benefit-sharing Fund. This is the first time that the MLS receives material generated by a project of the Benefit-sharing Fund.
 Cameroon | Biodiversity | Conservation
Groundwater development is not the answer for Africa
SCIDEV.NET | 24 Apr 2012
Research showing the extent of Africa's significant groundwater reserves should not detract from the real challenges to meeting the continent's drinking water demands, argues Roger Calow, head of the Overseas Development Institute's Water Policy Programme.Recent research has found that Africa's...
 Access to Freshwater
Kenya "Becoming Economic Heartbeat of Africa"
ips.org | 24 Apr 2012
By Isaiah EsipisuAbout 60 percent of Kenyas power is hydroelectric, however, the supply is unsteady. / Isaiah Esipisu/IPS NAIROBI, Apr 25 (IPS) – When Kenyas newly announced geothermal power generation project comes online, it will turn the East African country into an economic...
 Kenya | Renewable Energy
Building science bridges in Botswana
SCIDEV.NET | 24 Apr 2012
On the outskirts of the Kalahari Desert, the Okavango Research Institute (ORI) in Botswana is taking advantage of expertise from across Africa to solve national science problems, according to a feature in the TWAS Newsletter.The institute is part of the University of Botswana. The single...
 Botswana | Access to Information | Biodiversity

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