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Liberia
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WB approves $3.5 million climate change fund for Liberia

afrol News, 26 June - The World Bank has approved US$3.5 million for Liberia for its Costal Defense programme which will target three cities including Monrovia, the capital City of Liberia and two other major cities in the country, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) communiqué has said.

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Uganda
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Uganda could be a dessert in 40 years

afrol News, 19 June - A new global report on Environment has warned that Uganda could be a total dessert in 40 years if the government fails to protect the country’s forests. Uganda has reportedly lost more than 30 percent of its forest between 1990 and 2005.

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Malawi
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Elephant rescue resumes in Malawi

afrol News, 18 June - The rescue operation of endangered Elephants has resumed today with a further nine elephants evacuated to safety in Malawi this morning after the courts threw out a challenge to have their relocation stopped.

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Madagascar
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Conservationists call for action against illegal logging

afrol News, 8 June - The Malagasy international community and major conservation group have called for urgent action against an increase in illegal logging saying this puts a major risk on one of the world's richest biodiversity hotspots.

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Kenya villagers join global greenhouse project

afrol News, 11 May - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today launched the Carbon Benefits Project in communities in and around Lake Victoria in Kenya.

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» 16.09.2008 - Blanket ban on bushmeat disastrous
» 07.08.2008 - Fears of downward gorilla populations erased
» 02.05.2008 - Niger River to be rescued
» 03.04.2008 - Climate change threatens Africa
» 21.12.2007 - African climate change: Blooming Sahara or hunger and war?
» 22.11.2007 - Queen lauds Uganda peace
» 31.10.2007 - Conservationists applaud Uganda
» 19.10.2007 - Uganda conserves habitat
» 27.06.2007 - Madagascar's Atsinanana rainforest is world heritage
» 28.02.2007 - New study counters bid to commercialise ivory
» 17.11.2006 - Climate: "This is not Kenya as I remember it"
» 10.11.2006 - Early hominids eradicated African competitor
» 10.10.2006 - Comoros volcano polluted island water source
» 01.06.2006 - Comoros volcano eruption over for now
» 23.05.2006 - Satellites reveal marine turtles' migrations
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» 10.04.2006 - Malawi experts warn of severe flush floods
» 08.03.2006 - The Sahara's largest crater discovered in Egypt
» 28.02.2006 - Mozambique asks for aid after earthquake
» 05.12.2005 - Earthquakes hit East, Central Africa
» 02.12.2005 - Thousands displaced by volcano in Comoros
» 25.11.2005 - Comoros volcano eruption causes health concerns
» 31.10.2005 - Whales guided to safety in Cape Verde
» 26.07.2005 - Rare Cape Verde bird "never existed"
» 20.04.2005 - Comoros islanders return after fleeing volcano
» 18.04.2005 - Comoros volcano erupts, 10,000 flee
» 01.04.2005 - Fear of volcanic eruption in Comoros
» 10.02.2005 - French-Chadian funded scientists reveal origin of hippos
» 19.10.2004 - Amphibian extinction wave reaches Africa
» 06.07.2004 - South Africa's Cape Floral Region a "biologic sensation"
» 04.06.2004 - Dinosaurs prove Africa is younger than assumed
» 09.03.2004 - Africa's boubou couples celebrate victory with duet
» 30.01.2004 - Researchers observe toxic gas eruption off Namibia
» 01.11.2003 - Heavy rains flood Western Sahara desert
» 20.09.2003 - Reefs from Kenya to Mozambique "dead by 2015"
» 05.09.2003 - Evacuations planned as Comoran volcano may erupt
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