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Congo

Projet SIE-Afrique: nouveau défi pour l'intégration énergétique de la CEMAC
iepf.org | 21 Mar 2012
Le projet SIE-Afrique Phase VI a été lancé du 8 au 14 mars à Bangui (Centrafrique).La cérémonie officielle de lancement a vu la participation de la Commission de la CEMAC, de lIEPF et du Bureau détudes belge dECONOTEC.Le projet SIE-Afrique Phase VI concerne le déploiement de systèmes dinformation énergétique (SIE) nationaux en Centrafrique et au Congo

Africa is losing its deforestation battle and action needed, say experts
African Development Bank | 05 Dec 2011
The UN-based fund that helps compensate developing countries combat deforestation should start fighting the causes as well as the effects. That was one of the main recommendations from forestry experts who gathered at the climate change conference, COP 17, in Durban.The discussion mainly focused on deforestation in Africa, particularly in the Congo Basin, which has the second largest rainforest after South America.

Congo | Deforestation | Economics and the Environment | Sustainable Forest Management

CONGO: Farming villages to boost food output
IRIN News | 03 Nov 2010
The Republic of Congo has launched a farming village project to boost food self-sufficiency, with the first one inaugurated in Nkouo, about 80km north of Brazzaville, the capital, on 8 October. It houses 40 families from different regions of the country. "Forty hen-houses, a warehouse, a sorting centre and refrigerated storage space have been made available. Each family received 792 laying hens and 2ha for cultivation, said project director Jean-Jacques Bouya.

Congo | Farming Practices | Food Security | Poverty Reduction

Congo-Brazzaville: Deforestation Threatens South With Famine
AllAfrica.com | 23 Jun 2010
The trees are falling in Pool, and there are plenty of people to hear the sound. In a painful irony, the end of armed conflict in 2003, has signaled the wholesale devastation of forests in this southern region of the Republic of Congo. According to the Pool Departmental Council, before the war, the...

Congo | Deforestation | Food Security | Soil Degradation

DEVELOPMENT-CONGO: Deforestation Threatens South With Famine
Inter Press Service | 22 Jun 2010
The trees are falling in Pool, and there are plenty of people to hear the sound. In a painful irony, the end of armed conflict in 2003, has signaled the wholesale devastation of forests in this southern region of the Republic of Congo.

Congo | Deforestation | Traditional Fuel Use

Deforestation in Congo
a24media.com | 18 Aug 2009
As the a change in climate is witnessed all over the world, the Congo Basins rate of deforestation is being debated as the loss of trees is leading to the destruction of essential animal and tribal habitats at an increasing rate and a large amount of carbon dioxide is remaining in the atmosphere unchanged.

Congo | Deforestation

Power to some people
Mail and Guardian | 12 Aug 2009
Critics say the Grand Inga and Inga III plants, planned for the Inga region on the Congo River, will not provide power to the African continent as a whole but will light up only those countries and industries that can afford it.is message.

Congo | Energy

Congo Basin forest management "successful"
afrol News | 29 May 2009
Environmentalists celebrate the "rapid progress" made in saving the precious rainforests of the Congo Basin, second only to the Amazon. Vast areas are now effectively protected and sustainably and responsibly managed.

Congo | Forest Quality

Who owns the forests? |
IRIN News | 27 May 2009
The Congo Basin countries, home to the world's second largest tropical forest, are 260 years behind those of the Amazon Basin, where the trend is to hand ownership of the forest to communities, according to a new study assessing tropical forest tenure.

Congo | Forests and Woodlands

Seeking a way out of food insecurity
IRIN News | 13 May 2009
Congo has abundant natural resources, but attempts over the years to revitalise agriculture and improve food security and nutrition have been unsuccessful.

Congo | Agriculture | Food Security

Congo: Brazzaville Hosts First Sustainable Development Forum in Africa
The World Bank | 04 Nov 2008
Several heads of state, environment ministers, and environmental experts gathered in Brazzaville, Congo last week to ponder the issue of sustainable development, assess the level of progress achieved so far, and discuss remaining challenges.

Congo | Environmental Awareness

Congo: Country hosts Sustainable development forum to lay Africa's development foundations
apanews.net | 09 Sep 2008
The 6th Global Forum on Sustainable Development (GFSD) scheduled to be held in Congo (27- 30 October) will lay the foundations of development in Africa.

Congo | Environmental Awareness

Central Africa: Kenyan Ecologist Heads Fund to Save Congo Basin
Catholic Information Service for Africa | 24 Jun 2008
Renowned Kenyan environmentalist Prof Wangari Maathai and former Canadian premier Paul Martin will head a 200 million dollar fund to tackle deforestation in the Congo Basin, the world's second largest tropical forest.

Cameroon | Congo | Congo | the Democratic Republic of the

Republic of Congo: Gunning for biofuels
IRIN News | 19 Jun 2008
The Republic of Congo plans to set aside part of its arable land for biofuel production, even as a debate rages over the part played by biofuels in the current global food crisis.

Congo | Agriculture | Renewable Energy

Africa's Congo Basin forest aided by satellite tree-felling survey - Times Online
The Times | 17 Jun 2008
A project to map every place in the world's second-largest tropical forest where trees have been cut down will see a purpose-built camera sent into space to record every clearing and logger's track in the Congo Basin in Africa to determine how much of the forest is left.

"Pygmies" enter Congo Basin timber industry
afrol News | 27 May 2008
New GPS mapping technology, introduced to the indigenous so-called "Pygmies" communities in the Congo Basin, will allow the local rain forest communities identify and point at sensitive and sacred areas in the areas, which shall be mapped by the timber company for conservation.

Congo | Forests and Woodlands | Sustainable Forest Management

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.

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.

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