Environmental News from Africa

EarthWire Africa provides a daily overview of the environment in Africa as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

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Kenya

Green Growth: Creating an Enabling Environment
African Development Bank | 18 May 2012
Africa has experienced rapid economic growth over the last decade. Annual growth rates across the continent, averaging five to six percent per year, regularly outpaced those of other regions. A significant driver of growth has been the high demand and prices for raw materials. However,...

Economics and the Environment

The Road to Rio +20: Challenges and Opportunities for Africa
African Development Bank | 18 May 2012
Africa depends on its natural resources, now and for the future. Climate change is a major consideration in Africa, perhaps more than anywhere else. Farmers and herders need arable land and water. Today, expanding agriculture, logging, and the need for firewood are clearing forests and causing a...

Clean Development Mechanism | Cleaner Technologies | Economics and the Environment

Miners Call for Policy Reform in Zimbabwe
globalpressinstitute.org | 15 May 2012
Although Zimbabwe is a mineral-rich country, mine laborers and owners say that profits arent enough to cover costs, leading to low or little pay and unsatisfactory working conditions. The government has implemented laws aiming to reform both issues, but fee hikes to boost federal revenue have been problematic.Read more: http://www.globalpressinstitute.org/global-news/africa/zimbabwe/miners-call-policy-reform-zimbabwe#ixzz1uvejG7f0

Zimbabwe | Economics and the Environment | Poverty Reduction

Sommet de Rio+20:l'Afrique harmonise ses positions
mediaterre.org | 15 May 2012
Des experts en développement durable et en économie verte ainsi que des représentants de la société civile africaine en provenance d'une trentaine de pays et du monde prenne part à Dakar à la réunion internationale de partage sur les préparations nationales en perspective du prochaine sommet de la...

Senegal | Economics and the Environment | Environmental Awareness

"We Are Living As If We Had One and a Half Planets"
Inter Press Service | 14 May 2012
The new WWF Living Planet Report warns of a significant decline in biodiversity, particularly in low-income countries, and a huge increase in the ecological footprint of high-income countries.

Kenya | South Africa | Economics and the Environment | Energy | Environmental Awareness

Inland Lakes Integrated Development and Management Support Project (PAIGELAC) in Rwanda
African Development Bank | 08 May 2012
Since 2006 the African Development Bank has been supporting the Rwanda government in restoring and improving the Rwandan fisheries sector. Support has been given to both capture fisheries in inland lakes and to aquaculture.The projects name is the Inland Lakes Integrated Development and...

Rwanda | Economics and the Environment | Fisheries

Atelier national de Enda Tiers Monde sur le concept d'économie verte
mediaterre.org | 04 May 2012
Le concept d'économie verte élaboré en 2010 par le Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE), est au menu d'un atelier national de l'Organisation non gouvernementale (ONG) Enda Tiers Monde basée à Dakar." L'économie verte postule que le développement pourrait être davantage...

Senegal | Economics and the Environment | Environmental Awareness

Can an African green revolution help feed the world?| Reuters
Reuters | 03 May 2012
SABA SABA, Kenya, May 2 (AlertNet) - Her bare feet coated with mud, Sabena Gitau trudged down the rain-sodden hillside to her banana plantation, machete in hand.She chose and cut several giant bunches of bananas, which she strapped to a motorbike to be taken to nearby Saba Saba town, 77 km (48 miles) north of Nairobi, to be weighed, graded and sold.

Kenya | Economics and the Environment | Poverty Reduction

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

Ouverture de la Conférence internationale annuelle sur le Karité à Cotonou
mediaterre.org | 30 Apr 2012
Le ministre béninois de l'Industrie, du Commerce, des Petites et Moyennes entreprises, Mme Mandina Séfou, a procédé mercredi à Cotonou à l'ouverture de la 5e édition de la conférence internationale annuelle sur le karité, dont l'objectif est à examiner l'impact considérable du karité sur les moyens...

Benin | Access to Information | Agriculture | Economics and the Environment

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

Mauritians worried about new dam (Radio)
ips.org | 26 Apr 2012
The Midlands dam in Mauritius. Credit: Nasseem Ackbarally/IPSThe Mauritian Government has started the construction of 14-million cubic metres dam at Bagatelle, in the center of the island, to collect water that presently runs to the sea. But farmers in the area fear the new dam may damage their crops, particularly sugar cane and vegetables, and affect their livelihood.

Mauritania | Economics and the Environment | Energy | Environmental Impacts

Nigeria: Shell a fourni des informations très inexactes au sujet d'un déversement de pétrole dans le...
fr.allafrica.com | 23 Apr 2012
Selon une évaluation indépendante que se sont procurés Amnesty International et le Centre pour l'environnement, les droits humains et le développement (CEHRD), un déversement de pétrole bien plus grave que Shell ne l'a reconnu a eu lieu dans le delta du Niger. Ce document révèle que le géant...

Nigeria | Access to Information | Economics and the Environment | Pollution

African Heads of State Mark 40th Anniversary of UNEP
UNEP | 07 Feb 2012
Heads of state from over thirty African countries have taken part in an event to mark the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) held during the 18th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. "Looking to the future, UNEP is a pioneer of the green economy,...

Ethiopia | Economics and the Environment

Slow implementation of infrastructure projects constrains intra-African trade, says AfDB president
African Development Bank | 02 Feb 2012
Lack of political will is slowing down implementation of vital regional infrastructure projects in Africa, the president of the African Development Bank has said.Addressing the opening of the 18th African Union Summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, earlier this week, Dr Donald Kaberuka...

Economics and the Environment | Planning and Management of Development

SIERRA LEONE: Government Online Mining Database to Increase Transparency
ips.org | 31 Jan 2012
By Dumbuya Mustapha and Damon Van der LindeSierra Leones mining industry has a long history of unregulated operations. / USAID FREETOWN, Jan 31 (IPS) – The launch of Sierra Leones first online mining database in West Africa comes with a promise to increase transparency and accountability...

Sierra Leone | Economics and the Environment | Environmental Awareness

Changement climatique : un " fonds climat " pour le Mali
mediaterre.org | 31 Jan 2012
Payssah'lien et continental, le Mali subit de plein fouet les effets du changementclimatique. Si rien n'est fait, il avance inexorablement vers une catastrophemajeure. C'est ce qui justifie la mise en place d'un " Fonds climat " dont la (...)

Mali | Climate Change Adaptation | Climate Change Impacts | Economics and the Environment

UGANDA: Rural Women's Banks Ease Tough Times
ips.org | 30 Jan 2012
By Wambi MichaelDorothy Kabajungu, 50, has started a firewood business after obtaining a loan from a womens bank. / Wambi Michael/IPS WAKISO, Uganda, Jan 30 (IPS) – For most Ugandan women, obtaining a commercial loan to start a business has been very difficult. Many do not have the...

Uganda | Agriculture | Economics and the Environment | Poverty Reduction

C'te d'Ivoire, premier producteur mondial du Cacao met en place un nouvel organe gestion du cacao
mediaterre.org | 30 Jan 2012
Le nouvel organe public de gestion du cacao de Côte d'Ivoire, premier producteur mondial, a été officiellement installé par le gouvernement ivoirien le mardi 24 janvier 2012. Il est dirigé par l'ancien ministre de l'agriculture, Monsieur Lambert Kouassi Konan, qui assure le poste de président du...

Côte d'Ivoire | Agriculture | Economics and the Environment | Farming Practices

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