Gambia: Green Environment
AllAfrica.com | 11 Jun 2012
[Daily Observer] Activities marking the World Environment Day are in progress. The theme of this year's celebration, "Green Environment, does it include you", is indeed befitting as it suggests that it is the responsibility of all and sundry to engage in the protection and preservation of the environment for the common future.
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South Africa: Gauteng's Economy Goes Green
AllAfrica.com | 09 Jun 2012
[BuaNews] Johannesburg - Gauteng Economic Development Minister Qedani Mahlangu has committed herself to strengthening the province's response to climate change by announcing investments of up to R6 billion towards green economy projects.
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Tunisia: Adjusting Coast to Climate Change
AllAfrica.com | 07 Jun 2012
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis - The Coast Protection and Development Agency (APAL) is preparing to stage an awareness campaign and three-D advertising spots to be aired shortly in Tunisian media, to boost prevention against risks inherent to climate change.
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Liberia: Citizens Must Be Environment-Friendly
AllAfrica.com | 07 Jun 2012
[Informer] That Liberia will today, June 5th, 2012 join other United Nations member countries for the celebration of World Environment Day, is something to be proud of. June 5th was set aside for the observance of World Environment Day in 1972 as a way of raising the awareness of people the world over about the necessity for the protection and conservation of the environment.
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Africa: Climate Conversations - a Turn to Old Crop Varieties for Tough Times
AllAfrica.com | 07 Jun 2012
[AlertNet] How will Ethiopian farmers cope with the climatic conditions that are likely to prevail in 20 or 30 years time? One of the answers lies in an unexpected place: the genetic diversity of crops stored in the country's own gene banks.
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Africa: Road to Rio+20 - Making Agriculture Climate-Smart
AllAfrica.com | 06 Jun 2012
[IFAD] Rome, 6 June 2012 - With the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development only two weeks away, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will launch a paper on how to make agriculture climate-smart for the developing world's 500 million small farms at an event at its Rome headquarters this week.
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Libya: Planting Trees to Celebrate World Environment Day 2012
AllAfrica.com | 05 Jun 2012
[Unicef] Tripoli, Libya - To mark World Environment Day, the Libyan Ministry of Education and UNICEF came together with children at a Tripoli elementary school to plant trees. The event raises awareness around sustainable development in a country facing deforestation, decreasing water reserves, extensive waste dumping, and the use of mainly non-renewable energy sources.
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Central Africa: 22,000 Sign Petition to Save Congo Forest
AllAfrica.com | 05 Jun 2012
[Greenpeace] The Congo basin is home to the world's second largest rainforest. Not only is it one of the most beautiful places on earth, with incredibly rich biodiversity, it's also a vital source of food, medicine, and other basic services for more than 40 million Congolese people.
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Africa: Expansion of Seed Funding Initiative Signals Rise in Continent's Green Economy
AllAfrica.com | 04 Jun 2012
[Africapractice] Nairobi, 4 June 2012 - In a boost to Africa's carbon market, the African Carbon Asset Development (ACAD) Facility- an incubator for developing carbon projects steered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - has announced expansion plans.
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Nigeria: Next Round of UN Climate Talks Set for Bangkok
AllAfrica.com | 02 Jun 2012
[This Day] A new round of climate talks will be held in Bangkok from August 30 to September 5 to prepare for minister-level negotiations at year end, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said on Friday.
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