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Wednesday 02 May 2012

AfDB hosts Multilateral Finance Institutions Working Group on Environment in Tunisia
African Development Bank | 02 May 2012
The Multilateral Finance Institutions Working Group on the Environment (MFI-WGE) convened in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia, from 25 to 27 April to review policy developments at the various member institutions.The MFI-WGE is composed of the heads and key senior representatives of environment departments of the various MFIs, multi-lateral agencies (UNEP-FI, WHO, UNDP) and bilateral agencies (JICA, AFD) and export credit agencies.
 Economics and the Environment | Environmental Awareness
Sénégal: annulation des licences des chalutiers étrangers
fr.allafrica.com | 02 May 2012
Le gouvernement sénégalais a annoncé le lundi 30 avril 2012 l'annulation des autorisations de pêche accordées jusqu'à maintenant à 29 chalutiers étrangers.Ces deux dernières années, le précédent gouvernement avait conclu des accords permettant à des bateaux européens de pêcher moyennant 15...
 Senegal | Fisheries
Development focus for Côte-d'Ivoire research fund
SCIDEV.NET | 02 May 2012
[ABIDIJAN] A new wave of research grants for young researchers in Côte-d'Ivoire will be handed out in June, in response to a call for projects from the Programme of Strategic Support to Scientific Research (PASRES).The grants are intended to support young researchers, who often struggle to...
 Côte d'Ivoire | Poverty Reduction | Research
Successful innovation depends on engaging the grassroots
SCIDEV.NET | 02 May 2012
Technological innovation can't be imposed on poor people — they must be engaged to select ideas that suit their lives, writes Lawrence Gudza.Technological innovation is generally viewed as a panacea for the problems of developing nations. The result is that in countries such as Zimbabwe, institutions from well-off nations have tended to 'push' technologies according to their own agendas — and not ones that suit local communities.
 Environmental Awareness | Education

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