The claim that biofuels are a threat to food security comes from multinational oil companies, who fear that biofuels are a threat to their business, alleged Jose Bellini, coordinator for agrobusiness of the Brazilian Agriculture and Livestock Research company, EMBRAPA, in Maputo on Thursday.
An expert on Friday warned that the banning of hunting in preference to photographic safaris could have a devastating effect on the environment and the wildlife it is expected to preserve.
Long term lenders behind the massive Lake Turkana Wind Power Project - Kenya's largest green-field wind power scheme - are now asking for a government guarantee to cover the risks in the private-sector funded project.
Houses left behind by Mau settlers were demolished on Thursday in a clear indication that the government would not allow the evicted squatters to return to the forest.
The government plans to deploy more security officers in the Mau forest amid threats by local politicians to lead evicted settlers back into the forest.
Africa's freshwater resources are under serious threat from climate change and urgent adaptation measures are needed, says a study.
A five-day training on biodiversity conservation and management for forestry officers, last Thursday, November 19th commenced at the Darwin Field Station, located right in the heart of the Abuko Nature Reserve.
Two floors at the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), headquarters in Abuja, were consumed yesterday by fire.
Choosing a brand name for a product is important from a promotional perspective because brand names communicate product concepts and help position the product in the mind of customers. Names like Key (soap) Blue band (margarine), Omo (washing powder) Ideal (milk) ,Arid (antiperspirant deodorant) and spic and span (floor cleaner) all clearly communicate the benefits of using these products.
Nature Aid Ghana, a non- governmental organisation (NGO) poised to promote environmental protection, has called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to urgently come out with the necessary sanctions against Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL), for the recent cyanide spillage.
The 9th WAPI (Words and Pictures) will take place on November 21 at Hotel Africana's People's Space and it has been dubbed "Recycle".
Twists and turns have continued to surround the disposal of 296 tonnes of fish seized earlier this year in a foreign ship.
Energy experts, environmentalists, and security operatives are meeting in Accra to fashion out how to detect oil spillage in the marine waters of the country.
An international group of researchers will meet January 13-15, 2009 at a conference in Gisenyi to grapple with the problem of Lake Kivu.
Photos of Kenyans planting trees and Moroccan women turning plastic bags into handbags today won a United Nations-backed eco-themed contest focused on Africa, which profiles ordinary people working to preserve the environment and reduce the effects of climate change in their communities.
