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Burundi

Longer rains boost crop yields
IRIN News | 09 Jun 2009
Adequate rainfall between February and April resulted in a good crop yield across most of Burundi, with officials predicting improved food security in many parts of the country.

Burundi | Agriculture

Heavy rains displace returnees, IDPs | Natural Disasters Refugees/IDPs Urban Risk | Feature
IRIN News | 30 Apr 2009
Weeks of torrential rains in and around Bujumbura have worsened living conditions for thousands of residents of an informal settlement on the outskirts of the capital, most of whom have been displaced for years.

Burundi | Floods | Weather Conditions

EAC's energy consumption is 70% biomass
East African Business Week | 28 Feb 2009
Almost four out of five member states of the East African Community countries depend on traditional biomass for their energy, threatening deforestation and desertification.

Fish farming to contribute to food security in Burundi
African Press Agency | 11 Feb 2009
The head of the national fish farming centre of Burundi, Déo Karega, averred that pisciculture will receive special attention in order to increase its contribution to food security in the country.

Burundi | Fish Farming | Food Security

Politicians Blamed for Stalled New Nile Pact
Inter Press Service | 14 Jan 2009
Ten years of negotiations over a new protocol governing shared use of the Nile River are hanging in the balance, with Egypt and Sudan refusing to give up their present power over how much water is used by countries further upstream.

East Africa: Rwanda, Burundi Talk Conservation
East African Business Week | 15 Sep 2008
Rwanda and Burundi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding paving way for mutual protection of two major national parks.

Burundi | Rwanda | Biodiversity | Protected Areas

East Africa: Second Phase of Lake Victoria Basin Project to Cost $246 Million
Daily Nation | 09 Jun 2008
A multimillion dollar environmental conservation project has been launched as part of the second phase of the Lake Victoria Management Programme.

Uganda: Climate Change Increases Armed Conflict - Report
The New Vision | 21 Nov 2007
UGANDA is among the 46 developing countries facing armed conflict resulting from climate change, a report has stated. The global report by International Alert, a UK-based organisation, also lists 22 other African countries at risk.

Burundi, back to the fields
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | 26 Oct 2007
A war-ravaged country is making crucial steps towards restoring its single most important source of living, agriculture, with EU/FAO assistance.

Burundi | Agriculture | Food Security

Tanzania: Dar to Do Environmental Study On Kabanga Nickel Project
AllAfrica.com | 07 Aug 2007
The Tanzanian government will undertake an environmental impact assessment (EIA) on the proposed nickel project on its border with Burundi.

Burundi | Tanzania | United Republic of | Environmental Impacts

East Africa: Regional Conservation Laws in Offing
AllAfrica.com | 02 Aug 2007
EAST African Community countries will soon have general regional laws on conserving forest and water resource.

Africa: Mapping Can Save Forests, Say Scientists
AllAfrica.com | 30 Jul 2007
Mapping and remote sensing technology can be used by developing countries to conserve forests and biodiversity, say experts.

Uganda: Namuyangu Warns on Water Use
AllAfrica.com | 29 Jul 2007
UGANDA'S technical, institutional and infrastructural capacity for water management is weak and should be boosted, the State Minister for Water, Jennifer Namayangu, has noted.

Africa plots common position on climate
The New Times | 13 Jul 2007
Delegates from around 42 African countries are meeting in Kigali to discuss and harmonise the continents position on climate change.

Africa: Al Gore's Liveearth Vs Africa
AllAfrica.com | 13 Jul 2007
FEW people in Africa would get to see Al Gore and his troupe of rock-star ecologists strutting their stuff last weekend - because most have neither television nor electricity.

Africa: Live Earth Vs. Africa
AllAfrica.com | 12 Jul 2007
Few people in Africa got to see Al Gore and his troupe of rock-star ecologists strutting their stuff two weekends ago, because most have neither television nor electricity. That's just as well, because they would have been aghast at Live Earth's bizarre message.

Live Earth concerts to raise awareness of climate change
Southern African News Features | 05 Jul 2007
Music will be used to generate awareness of climate change during a series of "Live Earth" concerts to be held on seven continents on the seventh day of the seventh month of 2007.

The East African - Nile Basin states pact not ready yet
Daily Nation | 03 Jul 2007
The nine riparian states of the Nile Basin are yet to agree on water security and the harmonious development of water infrastructure along the course of the Nile and its tributaries.

Africa: EU Pesticide Rules May Force Out Small African Farmers
AllAfrica.com | 02 Jul 2007
African farmers could soon find themselves forced out of the lucrative European market for agricultural products as retailers and government move towards a zero tolerance policy on chemical residues in food.

Africa: Policymakers Need Better Approach to Desertification, Says UN
AllAfrica.com | 29 Jun 2007
A new policy report from the United Nations University (UNU) urges governments to adopt a more coordinated approach to desertification.

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