Kenya
Environment - Nature | Agriculture - Nutrition
Tana's wildlife in Kenya at risk
afrol News, 24 June - Kenyan National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)'s decision to turn 20,000 hectares of the pristine Tana Delta into irrigated sugarcane plantations has not bode well with conservationists and residents, who argue the move is detrimental to wildlife in the area. Read more
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Environment - Nature | Travel - Leisure
Central Africa's "Pygmies" gain from ecotourism
afrol News, 23 May - In three bordering national parks, covering parts of Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville and the Central African Republic, the most marginalised peoples have found new revenue sources as ecotourism projects are becoming successful. BaAka "Pygmies" are finally being paid in cash for having managed their forest livelihoods well for generations.
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Tanzania
Politics | Economy - Development | Environment - Nature | Society
Tata withdraws Natron report
afrol News, 13 May - Tata Chemicals Ltd (TCL) has finally withdrawn the much discredited Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report for the proposed Lake Natron soda ash plant in Tanzania.
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Kenya
Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Environment - Nature | Society
Tana biofuel could be illegal
afrol News, 5 May - Implementation of plans to grow biofuel crops on an idyllic river plain in Kenya could be illegal if implemented in its current form, arguing that its cost has been underestimated while profit overestimated.
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