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Friday 27 April 2012

Zimbabwe: Dying rivers dry up livelihoods
AfricaFiles | 27 Apr 2012
With rivers drying up in Zimbabwe, farmers are no longer able to raise livestock and vegetables to sustain their families. So, some are turning to panning for gold in nearby streams. The result is siltation, which leads to a further degradation of the river. Even worse is the mercury poisoning that comes with process of extraction. CJW

Lancement du programme de productivité agricole en Afrique de l'Ouest
mediaterre.org | 27 Apr 2012
Le programme PPAAO/WAAPP est initié par la CEDEAO et mis en oeuvre par CORAF/WECARD qui assure sa coordination. Il couvre 13 pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. La phase 1A du programme a concerné le Ghana, le Mali et le Sénégal en 2007. La phase 1B concerne la Côte d'Ivoire, le Burkina Faso et le...

Burkina Faso | Côte d'Ivoire | Nigeria | Agriculture | Economics and the Environment

Gestion environnementale et maîtrise de l'énergie au niveau des entreprises Sénégalaise
mediaterre.org | 27 Apr 2012
Les entreprises sénégalaises sont invitées à respecter les normes d'une production propre efficace, plus compétitive et respectueuse des règles du développement durable. Pour les y encourager, il a été ouvert une ligne de crédit de 8 millions d'euros (environ 5,200 milliards F Cfa) auprès de la Sgbs pour offrir des prêts à des conditions avantageuses aux entreprises engagées dans un processus de mise en niveau environnementale et énergétique.

Senegal | Economics and the Environment | Energy Consumption

Press Release: Seychelles fourth country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources
cbd.int | 27 Apr 2012
Montreal, 27 April 2012 – Seychelles, on 20 April 2012, became the fourth country to ratify the NagoyaProtocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising fromtheir Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity.The Nagoya Protocol will enter into force 90 days after the deposit of the 50th instrument of ratification. Inaddition to Seychelles, Rwanda, Gabon and Jordan have also ratified the Protocol.

Seychelles | Biodiversity | Conservation

African solidarity for Sahel countries and Horn of Africa urged
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | 27 Apr 2012
Speaking at the opening of FAO's 27th Regional Conference Republic of the Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso made a "vibrant appeal" for Africa to show solidarity with countries in the African Sahel region and the Horn of Africa where millions of people are currently facing a food crisis.

Congo | the Democratic Republic of the | Somalia

Threatened medicinal tree 'should be domesticated'
SCIDEV.NET | 27 Apr 2012
Researchers in Kenya are making first steps towards domestication of medicinal Prunus africana trees, to avoid the species' extinction.

Kenya | Biodiversity | Conservation | Health and Environment

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