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WABSA launches newsletter

WABSA launches newsletter

africa » gambia
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Friday, August 31, 2007
The West African Bird Study Association (WABSA) has recently launched its newsletter. This initiative emanated from the ambition to participate...
events, sensitisation, environment, bird, study, association, desertification, problem, planet, wild life, cash crops, hoticultural, wldlife, climate, change, biodiversity, conservation
(57 views)
MAURITANIA: New anti-slavery l...

MAURITANIA: New anti-slavery law not enough for real change, activists say

africa » mauritania » nouakchott
IRIN
Sunday, August 26, 2007
The Mauritanian government must take additional measures to ensure a new law criminalizing slavery has an effect, human rights activists say. “The...
regional, slavery, law, abolition, human rights, change, crime, eradicate, tradition, senate, sanction, trade, government, emancipation, reintegration
(44 views)
AFRICA: Can pastoralism surviv...

AFRICA: Can pastoralism survive in the 21st century?

africa » kenya » isiolo
IRIN
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Pastoralism is under threat – from climate change, shifting global markets and increased competition for land and other natural resources – even...
editors, choice, pastoralism, nomads, integration, climate, change, land, resources, farming, livestock, environment
(38 views)
ZAMBIA: NGO independence is un...

ZAMBIA: NGO independence is under threat

africa » zambia » lusaka
IRIN
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Civil society fears that the imminent introduction of legislation aimed at regulating non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will severely compromise...
regional, ngo, freedom, law, change, legal, government, activities, work, tax
(56 views)
AFRICA: Climate caught in red ...

AFRICA: Climate caught in red tape

africa » south africa
IRIN
Monday, June 25, 2007
The residents of Umkhanyakude, a poor rural district in northeastern South Africa, say they have been producing less food over the past few decades...
regional, climate, change, rain, agriculture, farmers, environment
(41 views)
Press Release: Change of Name

Press Release: Change of Name

africa » gambia » banjul
The Point
Saturday, June 23, 2007
The Gambia Armed forces wish to inform the general public that the office of the Chief of Defence Staff located at No 3 Marina Parade in Banjul would...
headlines, armed, forces, military, change, names, defence
(40 views)
SAHEL: Flood season starts but...

SAHEL: Flood season starts but not where it should

africa » senegal » dakar
IRIN
Saturday, June 23, 2007
As seasonal rains start to fall across the Sahel, climatologists warn that the region is entering a cycle of unpredictable heavy rains that could...
regional, sahel, flood, rain, season, climate, change
(24 views)
AFRICA: Human cost will force ...

AFRICA: Human cost will force countries to focus on climate change

africa
IRIN
Thursday, June 21, 2007
If the human cost of climate change is calculated, countries will be forced to sit up and take notice, according to a former senior United Nations...
regional, climate, change, development
(25 views)
BURUNDI: Shrinking lakes and d...

BURUNDI: Shrinking lakes and denuded forests

africa » burundi
IRIN
Monday, June 18, 2007
Jean-Marie Sabushimike of the University of Burundi made a film between December 2006 and March 2007 to demonstrate the environmental challenges...
regional, lakes, climate, change, environment, water, forest
(31 views)
ETHIOPIA: Tackling environment...

ETHIOPIA: Tackling environmental challenges with trees

africa » ethiopia
IRIN
Friday, June 15, 2007
Benishangul Gumuz regional state in southern Ethiopia was a lush, green area before local residents began cutting down most of the trees. Once 60...
editors, choice, climate, change, trees, rain, floods
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