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Zimbabwe
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Rescue operation for Zimbabwe's abused elephants announced

afrol News, 30 October - The rescue of nine cruelly abused elephants from a commercial training facility in Zimbabwe will begin on Monday, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has announced.

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Report outlines ways to help developing nations transition to ‘green’ economy

afrol News, 26 October - A new United Nations-backed report released today details how to ensure that developing countries are part of the transition to a ‘green’ economy.

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Tanzania
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Natron community vows to protect the lake

afrol News, 26 October - Villagers around Tanzania’s Lake Natron have vowed to protect the lake and its treasure of Lesser Flamingos Phoeniconaias minor from industrial development, pointing out that their own future depends on the sustainable use of the lake.

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Burkina Faso | Ghana
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Ghana and Burkina Faso urged to develop strategies on use of Volta River

afrol News, 21 October - Ghana’s Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing Albert Abongo has urged Ghana and Burkina Faso to lay out clear strategies on the utilisation of the Volta River, saying the river is critical for socio-economic development.

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DRC and Morocco elected to new forest financing programme

afrol News, 20 October - Signaling their commitment to a unique partnership to combat climate change through forest management, six developing countries will join five contributor countries on the newly elected governing body of the Forest Investment Program (FIP), a programme of the Strategic Climate Fund under the Climate Investment Funds of the multilateral development banks.

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» 19.10.2009 - Africa's climate change negotiators meet in Ethiopia
» 19.10.2009 - African countries conclude gender and climate change training
» 16.10.2009 - SA teams up with neighbours for a clean environment
» 16.10.2009 - Shrinking of Lake Chad could spell regional catastrophe
» 15.10.2009 - Kibaki appeals for unity ahead of global summit
» 13.10.2009 - Conservation expert calls for protection of Africa's forest gardeners
» 12.10.2009 - Lake Nakuru becomes Africa's first IBA-branded National Park
» 08.10.2009 - Environmentalists condemn Mozambique's planned damming of Zambezi
» 07.10.2009 - Uganda commits to reforestation
» 07.10.2009 - USAID awards $387,000 for indigenous health in Ethiopia
» 02.10.2009 - West African biodiversity corridor high on Abidjan meeting
» 01.10.2009 - Brazzaville calls on US to support preservation of the Congo Basin
» 30.09.2009 - Climate change could induce more food dependency on Africa, FAO paper
» 29.09.2009 - Zimbabwean communities educated about owls
» 23.09.2009 - Malagasy NGOs unite against plunder of natural resources
» 22.09.2009 - Local group makes mark at Egypt's Lake Qarun
» 22.09.2009 - Ban calls for global collective action on climate change
» 21.09.2009 - Four African states part of the Bern Convention's 30 years
» 18.09.2009 - SA’s first electric car on display
» 09.09.2009 - Kenya launches appeal to save Mau forest
» 08.09.2009 - Norway announces euro 350 support for developing countries
» 04.09.2009 - International call to learn to love vultures - or lose them
» 26.08.2009 - Lake Natron faces renewed threat from soda-ash mining
» 26.08.2009 - Bringing technology and agronomic knowledge to African farmers
» 05.08.2009 - Former border agent sentenced on Tanzanian Leopard Tortoises case
» 04.08.2009 - World bank signs first biocarbon agreement in DRC
» 04.08.2009 - Southern Africa to experience a flood of renewable energy projects
» 28.07.2009 - Six African countries targeted in UN’s cleaner cooling project
» 26.06.2009 - WB approves $3.5 million climate change fund for Liberia
» 19.06.2009 - Uganda could be a dessert in 40 years
» 08.06.2009 - Conservationists call for action against illegal logging
» 08.06.2009 - Rescue operation of Malawi elephants on good start
» 05.06.2009 - Epic rescue for endangered elephants in Malawi resumes
» 05.06.2009 - Mahale Ecosystem research project launched
» 27.05.2009 - Madagascar selected to benefit from conservation fund
» 26.05.2009 - Sierra Leone smallholder farmers get WFP boost
» 26.05.2009 - SADC discuss strategies of enhancing ground water resources to fight poverty
» 14.05.2009 - UN report urges for reforms to avert food crisis in Africa
» 11.05.2009 - Kenya villagers join global greenhouse project
» 30.04.2009 - Kenya wildlife on rapid decrease
» 29.04.2009 - Two African projects named winners of climate grants
» 20.04.2009 - Uganda celebrates big earnings from gorilla tourism
» 16.04.2009 - Kigali to improve water treatment and management
» 15.04.2009 - Congo spirits win environmental battle
» 06.04.2009 - Tunisia launches energy saving programme
» 20.03.2009 - Help farmers grow more food with less water, Diouf
» 24.02.2009 - Elephant poachers arrested in Kenya
» 23.02.2009 - Burundi calls for protection of Nile River
» 19.02.2009 - Cameroon creates park to conserve threatened species
» 22.01.2009 - Ghana develops policy to conserve river basins
» 19.01.2009 - Save Congo's remaining forests
» 18.12.2008 - Africa commits to water development to fight hunger
» 01.12.2008 - Cautious conservation of wetlands is critical for economic growth
» 25.11.2008 - Tuna commission criticised for endorsing high quotas
» 14.11.2008 - SA wildlife paradise "endangered"
» 06.11.2008 - Animal right activists criticise ivory sale in SA
» 27.10.2008 - Conservationists cry foul of Southern Africa ivory auction
» 22.10.2008 - SADC groundwater and drought management website launched
» 21.10.2008 - Massive African ivory sales increase poaching fears
» 14.10.2008 - "Drastic decline" of Ivorian chimps
» 13.10.2008 - Ibadan Malimbe sighted in Nigeria's newest proposed IBA
» 08.10.2008 - Whales, dolphins and manatees win protection off West Africa waters
» 24.09.2008 - African forestry firm secures HSBC investment
» 16.09.2008 - Blanket ban on bushmeat disastrous
» 03.09.2008 - Battle of flamingo dam - scientists axed
» 21.08.2008 - Accra meeting hopes to strike climate negotiations deal
» 20.08.2008 - Namibia sanctions ivory trade
» 12.08.2008 - Conservation to set up standard language
» 07.08.2008 - Sudan busts illicit ivory trade
» 07.08.2008 - Fears of downward gorilla populations erased
» 06.08.2008 - 18,000 South African seabirds killed annually
» 17.07.2008 - Court halts Kenya's proposed sugar project
» 16.07.2008 - China gets a share in Africa’s ivory stockpiles
» 10.07.2008 - Can Africa's biodiversity survive climate change?
» 10.07.2008 - Flamingos under threat in SA
» 24.06.2008 - Tana's wildlife in Kenya at risk
» 17.06.2008 - Madagascar gets US$ 20M to protect nature
» 23.05.2008 - Central Africa's "Pygmies" gain from ecotourism
» 13.05.2008 - Tata withdraws Natron report
» 05.05.2008 - Tana biofuel could be illegal
» 02.05.2008 - Niger River to be rescued
» 11.04.2008 - S. Africa avitourism viable
» 28.02.2008 - Lapwings tracked to Sudan
» 26.02.2008 - SA elephant cull condemned
» 31.01.2008 - Illegal ivory trade still rampant
» 29.01.2008 - Communities reject soda plant
» 28.01.2008 - Denmark unveils Africa plan
» 27.11.2007 - Tanzania ecotourism threatened
» 15.11.2007 - Gambia hippos destroy crops
» 31.10.2007 - Conservationists applaud Uganda
» 19.10.2007 - Uganda conserves habitat
» 16.10.2007 - African conservationists oppose flamingo extinction
» 27.07.2007 - DRC: Cry over gorilla executions
» 09.07.2007 - South Africa's deteriorating environment: a cause for concern

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