Conservationists say that the offer by Indian industrial giant Tata Chemicals to move a proposed soda-ash plant 35 kilometres away from Lake Natron in northern Tanzania will still devastate flamingo numbers on the lake.

Africa is much hit by environmental degradation and natural disasters because of instability of its ecological system, Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume said yesterday.

A grand initiative to give food production and agricultural development in Africa a shot in the arm got underway last week with experts drawn from all over the world making suggestions on what needs to be given priority to achieve a Green Revolution in Africa.

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Africa Desertification Control Initiative (ADCI), has disclosed its preparedness to battle the menace of desertification in the country with a free distribution of 50,000 tree seedlings to individuals in the country.

THE GOSPEL of sustainable use of Namibia's natural resources is increasingly being preached in many parts of the country.

Kisii Town authorities have blamed the its congestion on lack of a master plan.

The Government has suspended the implementation of a ban on polythene bags until full consultation among stakeholders is concluded.

Chepalungu MP Isaac Ruto has asked the Environment minister John Michuki to consult with local leaders over the fate of people living in Mau Forest.

The Government has overturned City Hall's decision to implement a controversial by-law banning the use of plastic bags.

President Jakaya Kikwete will today officially launch a major programme to save the earth from environmental hazards.

A CONTROVERSIAL blot on the landscape near Sossusvlei are two abandoned buildings just off the Namib-Naukluft and Sesriem road with bulldozer tracks marring the otherwise pristine area.

Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are likely to earn over $1 trillion this year from oil exports, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Bayelsa State government has said it would forward a draft bill on environmental management and protection to the State House of Assembly as part of its efforts to improve sanitary conditions and safeguard the health of the people in the state.

The Shakespearean saying on "what is in a name?" does not ring a bell to most residents of Uasin Gishu District, who have said No to Burnt Forest.

The Cameroon government, acting through the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, has expressed its determination to ensure the full implementation of the Yaounde Declaration of 1999 following the first ever summit on forest ecosystem. Forestry and Wildlife Minister, Elvis Ngolle Ngolle, made the declaration yesterday in Yaoundé while signing an agreement with the Sangha Tri-National ...

GEO-INFORMATION Communication (GIC), an environmental system research institute and software reseller, last week conducted a week-long training on application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

FOLLOWING the rampant environmental degradation in Rakai district, teachers have started the school environment programme to create awareness regarding environmental issues in schools.

The public hearing over the controversial sugar project in the Tana Delta district started Tuesday with the supporters and opponents of the investment coming face to face to argue their cases.

Local authorities in Mashonaland East Province are yet to register sand and clay abstraction sites with the Environmental Management Agency in accordance with a Statutory Instrument of the EMA Act which came into effect early last year.

Two Cabinet ministers will today make an extensive aerial tour of the controversial Mau Forest.

The military governement had a provisional death toll of 10,000 from this weekend's devastating cyclone, with another 3,000 more missing after cyclone Nargis struck one of the world's poorest countries. A man walks past an uprooted tree in central Yangon, the country's former capital.Some 10,000 people are believed to have been killed and thousands went missing in two of Myanmar's devastated ...

National coordinator of Friends of the Earth has said that this year's celebration of World Environmental Day scheduled for June 5 would be marked by the cleaning of Kenema and it environs.

The necessity of transforming Mauritius into a sustainable island seems to be taking root in each and everyone's mind. The bulk of the population now realizes that the country has to turn to renewable energies if it is to ensure its energy security in the future. It is also dawning on many that the viability of "renewables" hinges on curtailing our energetic profligacy. So far, so good. ...

Scientists have started screening crocodiles, monitor-lizards, snakes and other reptiles to establish whether they are reservoirs for sleeping sickness and nagana disease parasites countrywide.

UGANDA Revenue Authority (URA) and Celtel have partnered to rid hazardous material from Kampala central business district. The campaigned dubbed "Waste wise" was launched by the water and environment minister Maria Mutagamba last week.