United Republic of Tanzania (the): FAO helps Tanzania monitor carbon stocks
feedproxy.google.com | 16 May 2012
16 May, 2012, Rome – FAO is helping scientists and policymakers in Tanzania to evaluate how much carbon is stored in forests and forests soils, which will enable them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Forest soils contain a huge carbon stock. Deforestation, forest degradation or changes in...
 Tanzania | United Republic of

Reality check shows nuclear energy is the wrong path
SCIDEV.NET | 28 Sep 2011
Rising costs and re-evaluated risks make nuclear power a poor choice, even for developing nations that can afford it, says José Goldemberg.
 Energy | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Shale gas stirs ecology fears in South Africa's Karoo
Reuters | 08 Apr 2011
South Africa's Karoo, a vast arid wilderness, may contain gas reserves that could solve the country's energy problems -- but only through an extraction process called fracking that has greens seeing red.
 South Africa | Agriculture | Biodiversity | Conservation | Governance | Industry

CLIMATE CHANGE: Uncertain Future of Kyoto Protocol Alarms Green Groups
Inter Press Service | 04 Apr 2011
With just seven months to go before a pivotal U.N. climate change summit in South Africa, green groups are raising the alarm here about the future of the Kyoto Protocol, the world's only international treaty that mandates most industrialised nations to cut their environment polluting greenhouse gases (GHG) to save the planet from overheating.
 Climate Change Adaptation | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Environmental Impacts | Governance | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Deforestation's impact on Mount Kilimanjaro calculated
ScienceDaily.com | 05 Mar 2011
The impact that local deforestation might have on the snowcap and glaciers atop Mount Kilimanjaro are being calculated using regional climate models and data from NASA satellites.
 Tanzania | United Republic of | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

States Urged to Participate in Reducing Carbon Emissions
AfricaFiles | 26 Feb 2011
Nigeria's Minster of Environment has urged states within the nation to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation and thus, limit the environmental effects of carbon emissions.
 Nigeria | Environmental Impacts | Forests and Woodlands | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

South Africa plans urgent clean-up of toxic mine liquid
Reuters | 22 Feb 2011
South Africa plans to set up a chain of pumping stations and treatment plants to prevent toxic liquids building up in defunct gold mines beneath Johannesburg from reaching dangerous levels.
 South Africa | Biodiversity | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Industry

South African energy is at a fork in the road
Guardian Unlimited | 02 Feb 2011
With a coal-fired past and a part-renewable, part-nuclear future, jobs and cost will determine the country's path. In October 2007 South Africans woke up to the fact that we have an electricity crisis.The problem didn't develop overnight, of course. There was more than a decade of policy failure, as the government swung between a desire to introduce independent power producers and humour union demands that electricity generation remain a state-owned function.
 South Africa | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

CLIMATE CHANGE: Health on the back burner
IRIN News | 13 Dec 2010
A joint pilot study by Nurses Across the Borders, a Nigerian health NGO, and SeaTrust Institute, a US- based scientific and educational non-profit organization, will collect data to help map the impact of global warming on malaria in the West African country.
 Nigeria | Climate and Atmosphere | Climate Change Impacts | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Health and Environment

Southern Africa Collectively Gearing Up For REDD
ips.org | 07 Dec 2010
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is moving to support its member countries to tap into benefits from the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) framework. Destruction of forests both contributes to carbon emissions and deprives the planet of an important mechanism to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming.
 Climate Change Adaptation | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Forest Quality | Forests and Woodlands | Greenhouse Gas Emissions