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Congo logging review could lead to more forest destruction, warns Greenpeace

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Greenpeace welcomes extension of moratorium on logging After a two-year delay, the initial results of a World Bank-financed legal review of logging...

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Menace of bushfire

africa » gambia

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

As I stood in my garden, in a village called Mandina, in Kiang West, enjoying the early morning breeze, gazing at flocks of flying birds steadily...

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KENYA: Security improves in Mt Elgon but fear remains

africa » kenya » nairobi

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Security in the MtElgon region of western Kenya, where the army was deployed in March to stop alocal insurgency, has improved, but civilians still...

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‘Gambia not emitting greenhouse gases’ - SoS Kotu Cham

Africa » Gambia

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Momodou Kotu Cham , secretary of state for Forestry and the Environment has said that The Gambia did not contribute to the build-up of green house...

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Elephant Behaviour

africa

easyarticles.com

Friday, March 28, 2008

Elephants are very social animals. Elephants travel in herds, containing about 6 to 30 individuals. The herd is made up of the oldest female (the...

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FAO calls on countries to report on forests

europe » italy » rome

FAO

Sunday, March 16, 2008

2010 global forest assessment to provide input to climate change debateFAO has called upon countries to participate in preparing the next Global...

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GTZ fosters tropical forest conservation in the Congo Basin

africa » congo basin » brazzaville

GTZ

Sunday, December 23, 2007

For the next two years, Germany will coordinate the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, which strives to improve conservation of tropical forests in the...

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GLOBAL: Out of the woods, for now

asia » indonesia » bali

IRIN

Friday, December 21, 2007

"They can see the trees, but not the forest," groaned a frustrated Slovenian environmental bureaucrat as a debate ran into the small hours of the...

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Forest preservation plan debated at climate talks

africa

Wikinews

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Indonesia are wrestling with a proposal that would allow developing nations to earn...

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Rural poverty and environmental degradation

africa » gambia

Monday, October 29, 2007

Allow me a space in your widely read newspaper to express my views about how rural poverty and environmental degradation affects the socio-economic...

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