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Tuesday 20 March 2012

Coopération environnementale : le Togo et le Bénin signent un accord
mediaterre.org | 20 Mar 2012
Le Togo et le Benin, deux pays frontaliers, ont décidé de créer un cadre de concertation en vue de résoudre les problèmes communs liés à l'environnement dans les deux pays.C'est dans ce cadre qu'une rencontre entre les acteurs de l'environnement de ces deux pays a eu lieu le vendredi 16 mars 2012 à Lomé afin de conclure un accord de coopération environnementale.

SIERRA LEONE: Land deals beginning to stir discontent
IRIN News | 20 Mar 2012
FREETOWN 20 March 2012 (IRIN) - In southeastern Sierra Leone's Pujehun District, the small village of Kortumahun sits at the edge of orderly rows of hundreds of thousands of bright green palm oil seedlings. Small groups of women weed the pots while men spray fertilizers and pesticides across the nursery.

KENYA: Conflict fears as wildfires destroy pasture, cause displacement
IRIN News | 20 Mar 2012
ISIOLO 20 March 2012 (IRIN) - Wildfires have destroyed large tracts of grassland in northern Kenya, giving rise to fears of conflict between pastoralist communities amid an already serious food security crisis.

South Sudan (Republic of): Rarefying natural resources are main issue in South Sudan
feedproxy.google.com | 20 Mar 2012
Source: Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development Country: South Sudan (Republic of), Sudan (the) JUBA [ACTED News] - The village of Jamam, home to approximately 3,000 inhabitants, is now hosting over...

South Sudan | Environmental Impacts | Sustainable Forest Management

World Food Prize, Rockefeller Foundation Announce Agriculture Award
biodiversity-l.iisd.org | 20 Mar 2012
According to the World Food Prize, the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, aims to recognize an individual demonstrating the dedication, perseverance, innovation shown by Norman E. Borlaug during his work with farmers in Mexico in the 1940's and 1950s. Nominations should be submitted by 30 June 2012.

Cameroon | Biodiversity | Conservation

Hydropower 'could supply Africa's entire power needs'
SCIDEV.NET | 20 Mar 2012
The UN says if cross-border cooperation on hydropower is stepped up in Africa, the continent could meet its entire electricity needs.

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