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» 20.10.2009 - DRC and Morocco elected to new forest financing programme
» 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
» 08.10.2009 - Uganda set new sights to reach safe water targets
» 07.10.2009 - Uganda commits to reforestation
» 07.10.2009 - USAID awards $387,000 for indigenous health in Ethiopia
» 06.10.2009 - Indian Ocean nations to test tsunami warning system
» 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
» 25.09.2009 - Leaders call for UN support on Africa's development
» 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
» 16.09.2009 - North America hailed for plan to regulate greenhouse
» 11.09.2009 - Kenya preparing for impact of possible torrential rains
» 09.09.2009 - Kenya launches appeal to save Mau forest
» 08.09.2009 - Norway announces euro 350 support for developing countries
» 08.09.2009 - More people affected by West African floods
» 04.09.2009 - International call to learn to love vultures - or lose them
» 01.09.2009 - Africa hosts special session on climate change concerns
» 01.09.2009 - African states make rankings for low sulfur diesel limits
» 26.08.2009 - Lake Natron faces renewed threat from soda-ash mining
» 26.08.2009 - Bringing technology and agronomic knowledge to African farmers
» 24.08.2009 - African journalists join the climate change campaign
» 24.08.2009 - African ministers building one voice towards climate change summit
» 18.08.2009 - New report offers solutions to water and sanitation service delivery
» 07.08.2009 - Lesotho govt to also investigate industrial pollution
» 04.08.2009 - World bank signs first biocarbon agreement in DRC
» 04.08.2009 - Southern Africa to experience a flood of renewable energy projects
» 03.08.2009 - Lesotho’s blue rivers to be investigated
» 28.07.2009 - Six African countries targeted in UN’s cleaner cooling project
» 27.07.2009 - Madagascar’s humanitarian appeal revised down
» 26.06.2009 - WB approves $3.5 million climate change fund for Liberia
» 26.06.2009 - Sudan ready for biofuels
» 19.06.2009 - Uganda could be a dessert in 40 years
» 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 - SADC discuss strategies of enhancing ground water resources to fight poverty
» 21.05.2009 - Congo Basin forest management "successful"
» 14.05.2009 - UN report urges for reforms to avert food crisis in Africa
» 11.05.2009 - Kenya villagers join global greenhouse project
» 05.05.2009 - Green revolution must empower farmers, Migiro asserts
» 30.04.2009 - Kenya wildlife on rapid decrease
» 30.04.2009 - Climate change increases Zambia cholera numbers
» 29.04.2009 - Two African projects named winners of climate grants
» 28.04.2009 - Guinea to relieve pressures in mining sector
» 20.04.2009 - Uganda celebrates big earnings from gorilla tourism
» 16.04.2009 - Kigali to improve water treatment and management
» 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
» 26.01.2009 - Google Earth reveals hidden environment treasure in Mozambique
» 22.01.2009 - Ghana develops policy to conserve river basins
» 19.01.2009 - Save Congo's remaining forests
» 25.12.2008 - South African birdwatchers thrilled by discovery
» 18.12.2008 - Africa commits to water development to fight hunger
» 15.12.2008 - Africa summit discuss massive hydro scheme for food and energy security
» 01.12.2008 - Cautious conservation of wetlands is critical for economic growth
» 25.11.2008 - Tuna commission criticised for endorsing high quotas
» 06.11.2008 - Animal right activists criticise ivory sale in SA
» 22.10.2008 - SADC groundwater and drought management website launched
» 21.10.2008 - Massive African ivory sales increase poaching fears
» 26.09.2008 - $90,000,000 for delivery of biospheres to Africa
» 16.09.2008 - Blanket ban on bushmeat disastrous
» 08.09.2008 - Africa profits from greenhouse gas offset scheme
» 21.08.2008 - Accra meeting hopes to strike climate negotiations deal
» 20.08.2008 - Namibia sanctions ivory trade
» 06.08.2008 - Egypt cancels Agrium fertilizer plant
» 02.08.2008 - "African elephants extinct by 2020"
» 16.07.2008 - China gets a share in Africa’s ivory stockpiles
» 27.05.2008 - "Pygmies" enter Congo Basin timber industry
» 23.05.2008 - Central Africa's "Pygmies" gain from ecotourism
» 02.05.2008 - Niger River to be rescued
» 26.02.2008 - SA elephant cull condemned
» 31.01.2008 - Illegal ivory trade still rampant
» 31.10.2007 - Conservationists applaud Uganda
» 16.07.2007 - Lake Victorious: weevils defeat water hyacinths
» 01.06.2007 - Tanzanian timber looted by criminals
» 09.03.2007 - Congo joins regional effort to save forests
» 22.01.2007 - Madagascar protects "spectacular" wetlands
» 04.01.2007 - Gabon gets recognition of Africa's first forest certificates
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