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.
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.
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.
Malaria remains a huge health challenge in Botswana and has compelled the government to reintroduce the use of Dichlo-Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT).
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni and other African leaders yesterday agreed to ask for compensation from the rich industrialised nations during the climate change talks to be held in Copenhagen at the end of the year.
The Okavango Delta, which has been described as the world's largest inland delta, is the lifeline of the people living on its banks.
Africa's freshwater resources are under serious threat from climate change and urgent adaptation measures are needed, says a study.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its "State of the World Population 2009" report on the 18th of November. It chose to take up a politically delicate topic, the relationship between climate change, population stabilisation and the importance of gender.
Security personnel were on Monday mobilised for possible deployment into the Mau forest after the expiry of a two-week notice ordering illegal settlers to leave.
The government will start evicting millions of squatters in Mau Forest any time from Wednesday.
As most forest reserves in the country continue to disappear, Augustine Osayande who was in Mambila plateau recently writes on the effort to bring back the Ngel-Nyaki montane forest to its natural form, which is also beneficial to the host community
The government has released relief food to be distributed to squatters being evicted from the Mau forest reserve.
The huge green building can be seen from more than 10 kilometres away, surrounded by acres of lush greenery.
When cynics talk about "the nutrient-rich topsoil" being washed away, every Rwandan feels stung. There is nothing that hurts so much as to see the rich, red soil that sails downstream in the rivers of Rwanda, or silts the lakes.
