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Is Climate Change Ruining Traditional Weather Predictions?
Farmers are seeking better ways to cope with changing climate conditions after village elders failed to predict rain patterns.
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How to Spice Up Sustainable Development's Bland Dish
Exhibit at COP 17 environment conference. The UN's new sustainable development report fails to deliver on the big questions. Would greater intellectual liberation help?
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Burkina Faso: Water Shortage Threatens Wildlife
People in nearly half of Burkina Faso's administrative districts could face food shortages this year, and the the country's environment ministry has also warned of disastrous consequences for wildlife.
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Mozambique: Flooding Increases Epidemic Risk
In Mozambique there is a high risk of water-related epidemics such as cholera in urban areas due to flooding of latrines, population displacement and the lack of evacuation centers with adequate water and sanitation facilities. (Photo courtesy UN Photo/Tim McKulka)
Africa: Weather Data for All
Disaster risk reduction officials planning emergency responses now have the option to consult a new online international weather, climate and water system. (Photo courtesy Simon Crittle/WFP)
Too Many Boats Catching Too Few Fish
As European vessels continue to fish African waters, West Africa's own coastal communities are increasingly becoming dependent on their seas for their livelihoods. (Photo courtesy Christian Åslund /Greenpeace)
Soils Drive Farmers into Forest Reserve
Thousands of farmers in Tanzania's Rufiji Delta have been accused of destroying mangroves as they search for new land to grow rice crops. (Photo courtesy Victor Temofe Mogbolu/UNEP)
Weak Land Rights Fuel Conflict
Logging destruction. The sell-off of prime land to buyers for the developing world's natural resources risks sparking civil unrest unless the customary rights of millions are recognized. (Photo courtesy Greenpeace International)
Seeds Boost Yields for Drought-Hit Farmers
(file photo) Resilient seeds, ready for purchase at the Dryland Seed Company, Machakos, Kenya, are boosting local yields as much as five fold. (Photo courtesy G. Diana/FAO)
Gabon: Large Loan to Treat Timber
The National Wood Company of Gabon has obtained a loan of 13.7 million euros (U.S.$18 million) to help in building a plant to treat timber at Libreville's port, Owendo. (Photo courtesy IRIN)
Growing Profits - And a Greener Planet
Many people are aware that agriculture is susceptible to the effects of climate change; few know that agricultural practices contribute about 14 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. (Photo courtesy Tami Hultman/AllAfrica)
Zimbabwe: Typhoid Stalks Harare
Authorities say over the past few weeks some 900 residents of the Zimbabwean capital have been diagnosed with typhoid, and about 60 have been admitted to hospital. (Photo courtesy MSF)
Tanzania: Praise on Climate Issues
Flooded houses in Dar es Salaam. Norway has commended the progress made by Tanzania and a decision by the government to integrate climate change and environment issues in its development plan. (Photo courtesy Fidelis Felix)
Congo-Kinshasa: Cholera Soars
A health worker in the eastern city of Kisangani. Aid agencies have been trying to halt the spread of the water-borne disease that has ravaged eight of the country's 11 provinces in the past year. (Photo courtesy Gwen Dubourthoumieu/IRIN)
Appeal to Protect Environment
A retired Tanzanian judge has said matters related to environmental and natural resources should be addressed to the fullest in the country's new constitution. (Photo courtesy Sjoerd van der Schuit)
Africa: Walking for Water
Walk4Water, a non-profit organization committed to raising awareness and funds for clean water in developing countries, is set to embark on a two year, 7,000 mile mission across Africa to achieve its goal. (Photo courtesy Kate Holt/IRIN)
Africa: Developing Water-Efficient Maize
Young maize growing on a farm in South Africa. Public-private partnerships provide a useful approach for addressing the complexities of sustainable agricultural development and the global food security challenge. (Photo courtesy Flickr)
Solar Pump Project Aims to Ease Woes
(file photo) The Kenyan government plans to install 2,000 solar powered pumps in arid regions of the country to reduce the water shortages caused by erratic rainfall. (Photo courtesy UN Photo/Fred Noy)
Cote d'Ivoire: Public Health Risk as Taps Run Dry
A boy carries water through a slum. Experts say uncontrolled urbanization and the continued decline in the quality of groundwater reserves will increase the risk of it being polluted. (Photo courtesy WaterAid/Benedicte Desrus)
Madagascar: Illegal Rosewood Trade Continues
(file photo) A report by the Environmental Investigation Agency and Global Witness in 2010 found that collusion between timber traders and government officials was contributing to the felling of more than 200 rare hardwood trees a day. (Photo courtesy Greenpeace International)
Kenya: Key Lakes Succumb
Lake Goes Dry: A crocodile carcass lies on the dry bed of Lake Kamnarok in Kenya's Baringo North District. Several years ago, Lakes Kamnarok and Ol Bollosat in Kenya were vibrant water bodies that supported and shaped the ecosystems around them. (Photo courtesy The Nation)
Climate-Change Workshop
Tanzanians are increasingly feeling the intense effects of climate change. It impacts most aspects of daily life and the economy in the East African country, which is largely dependent on agriculture. In 2005, a devastating drought affected millions of people. (Photo courtesy Fidelis Felix)
Swaziland: Going up Against Big Business
Swaziland is highly dependent on sugar cane exports. A recent accident at a processing plant has drawn attention to the environmental watchdog group tasked with enforcing Swaziland's 2002 Environmental Management Act. (Photo courtesy Mujahid Safodien/IRIN)
Farmers Look to Science, Tradition to Resist Drought
Recent years have not been kind to maize crops in Tanzania. Researchers at Uyole Agricultural Research Institute have developed several new varieties of maize that require little water, can grow in less fertile soil and are pest-resistant. (Photo courtesy Maggie Hallahan/Sumitomo Chemical)
Call for Sustainable Fisheries Management
Senegalese fisherman rescue a manatee stranded in a pond during a drought. Greenpeace Africa and Senegalese fishermen are calling on future leaders to review fisheries management legislation and to establish sustainable policies. (Photo courtesy Djibril Sy)
Climate: Breakthrough or Procrastination?
A last-minute global deal which sets a road map for negotiating a new global legally binding regime seeks to impose emission caps with legal force on all major polluters, including developed and developing countries. The new agreement should be signed by 2015 and become effective by 2020. (Photo courtesy Ainhoa Goma/Oxfam International)
Addressing Climate Change as a Human Rights Issue
wenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the promise of sustainable development will be revisited again at the 2012 Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development next June (Photo courtesy MRFCJ)
Kenya: Livestock Insurance - A Chance to Outsmart Drought?
The first thing that hits a visitor to Ginda village in northern Kenya is the smell. Farmer Haro Sora's land is littered with the carcasses of cattle and donkeys that have collapsed following an intense, prolonged drought (Photo courtesy Neil Palmer/CIAT)
West Africa: Shark Fin Hunt Empties Seas
Caption In West Africa, shark fishing began in the 1970's and boomed in the nineties due to rising demand from Asia for shark fins. Since 2003, shark catches have plummeted. (Photo courtesy UN-HABITAT/Julius Mwelu)
Ghana: Forestry Policy Review Underway
(file photo) Ghana's new forestry policy focuses on conserving and protecting biological resources, as opposed to feeding the timber industry which the 1994 policy did. (Photo courtesy Diliff/Wikipedia)
Malawi: Turning to Fertilizer Trees
(file photo) Maize. Smallholder farmers struggling with climate change in this southeast African nation are turning to trees to help their crops grow. Many are intercropping trees with maize to provide moisture-preserving shade for the growing corn. (Photo courtesy IRIN)
Tanzania: Reeling Under Extreme Rainfall
In response to recent floods, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete issued a directive to those living in valleys to move to specially allocated upland areas. The Dar es Salaam regional authority has set aside 200 hectares for flood victims and others living in valleys. (Photo courtesy The Citizen)
Cameroon: Replacing Plastic With Leaves
Discarded plastic bags represent a danger to nature, health and livestock. Traditionally, Cameroonians used banana leaves but plastic has in recent years replaced the use of leaves. (Photo courtesy Faiza Hajji Wozniak)
Lake Victoria's Ports Grapple With Low Water
(file photo) Satellite image of Lake Victoria. The water level at the original Nansio pier gradually dropped the early 1990s, and it is now below the required minimum anchorage depth. (Photo courtesy SeaWiFS/NASA)
Kenya: Shorter Walks for Water
(file photo) A young girl carries water from a river. The acute lack of water in Kenya means families have to trek long distances every day to fetch water. (Photo courtesy Kate Holt/IRIN)
Communities Divided Over Mining
Sierra Leone's Gola Rainforest remains a centre of contention as a local community plans to take their chief to court next week over a controversial 50-year land lease to a mining company. Credit (Photo courtesy GRNP)
Floods Leave Returnees Stranded
Several thousand Angolan returnees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. (Photo courtesy IRIN)
Cameroon: Turning Dung Into Power
Methane, released from manure, is a potent driver of climate change, and efforts to curb its release around the world now focus on changing the diets of livestock so they produce less of it. (Photo courtesy Jaspreet Kindra/IRIN)
Zimbabwe: Risk of Waterborne Diseases
(file photo) Young boys bath in a river. With the advent of the rainy season and poor sanitary and hygienic facilities, rural and peri-urban communities are vulnerable to waterborne diseases. (Photo courtesy Kate Holt/IRIN)
Life on the Edge: Back in Business?
Sierra Leone was torn apart by years of civil war. Now that the country is beginning to rebound, two men see a vast potential for sustainable and ecological tourism. But will they be able to ensure that the impending development boom will benefit the people of Sierra Leone and not just foreign investors?
Topical Focus: Environment
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Top Headlines
- Kenya: Drought Puts Traditional Weather Forecasters On the Defensive (AlertNet)
- Africa: Risk of Epidemic in Mozambique After the Recent Floods (Oxfam)
- Mozambique: HCB Keeps Floodgate Partially Open (AIM)
- Mozambique: Growth in Wildlife in Limpopo National Park (AIM)
- Zimbabwe: Council Must Protect Wetlands (The Herald)
- Zimbabwe: 'More Typhoid Outbreaks Imminent' (The Herald)
- Ghana: REDD+ Project Design: 10 Points to Consider so the Poor Don't Lose Out (Public Agenda)
- Tanzania: Bulk of Redd Payments to Benefit Communities (Daily News)
- Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Installs Tuna Attracting Devices (Daily News)
- Cameroon: Bakassi development - Progress made but for water (Cameroon Tribune)
- Tanzania: Nation Installs Tuna Attracting Devices (Daily News)
- Nigeria: Board Registers 33 Private Waste Disposal Firms in Delta (Daily Trust)
- Liberia: Senate Pro-Tempore Wants Wetlands Protected (Heritage)
- Namibia: Tourist Attacked By a Cheetah (New Era)
- Nigeria: Ebonyi to Spend N36 Billion On Water Scheme (Vanguard)
- Gambia: Sage Launched in CRR (Daily Observer)
- Gambia: Plastic Waste Is a Major Concern to NEA (Foroyaa)
- Nigeria: Oil Spill - Eastern Obolo Community Cries for Help (Leadership)
- Zimbabwe: Typhoid Exposes City Council (Financial Gazette)
- Zimbabwe: Wetlands Integral to Survival (Financial Gazette)
- Zimbabwe: Cost of Illegal Gold Panning (Financial Gazette)
- Eritrea: Inhabitants of Amalait Semi-Urban Center Obtain Potable Water Supply (Shabait)
- Uganda: Health Centre Runs Out of Water, Closes (Monitor)
- Uganda: Tourism Facilities Degrading Wetlands - Minister (Monitor)
- Tanzania: Flood Victims Get More Shelters (Daily News)
- Tanzania: Paid for Keeping the Forest Alive (Daily News)
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