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AllAfrica News: Environment

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AllAfrica News: Environment and Sustainable Development

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Nigeria: 50,000 Tree Seedlings to Fight Desertification

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Africa Desertification Control Initiative (ADCI), has disclosed its preparedness to battle the menace of desertification in the country with a free distribution of 50,000 tree seedlings to individuals in the country.

Kenya: Ban On Plastics Overturned

The Government has overturned City Hall's decision to implement a controversial by-law banning the use of plastic bags.

Tanzania: President Launches Major Environmental Program

President Jakaya Kikwete will today officially launch a major programme to save the earth from environmental hazards.

Namibia: Kavango Communities Get Natural With It

THE GOSPEL of sustainable use of Namibia's natural resources is increasingly being preached in many parts of the country.

Kenya: Kisii Town to Get New Master Plan

Kisii Town authorities have blamed the its congestion on lack of a master plan.

Kenya: Polythene Bags Ban Suspended

The Government has suspended the implementation of a ban on polythene bags until full consultation among stakeholders is concluded.

Kenya: Consult On Forest, Michuki Asked

Chepalungu MP Isaac Ruto has asked the Environment minister John Michuki to consult with local leaders over the fate of people living in Mau Forest.

Namibia: A Road Runs Through It

A CONTROVERSIAL blot on the landscape near Sossusvlei are two abandoned buildings just off the Namib-Naukluft and Sesriem road with bulldozer tracks marring the otherwise pristine area.

Nigeria: OPEC to Earn Over $1trn From Oil Exports - EIA

Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are likely to earn over $1 trillion this year from oil exports, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Nigeria: Bill On Environmental Management Underway in Bayelsa

Bayelsa State government has said it would forward a draft bill on environmental management and protection to the State House of Assembly as part of its efforts to improve sanitary conditions and safeguard the health of the people in the state.

Kenya: Burnt Forest Lives Up to Its Name in Times of Turmoil

The Shakespearean saying on "what is in a name?" does not ring a bell to most residents of Uasin Gishu District, who have said No to Burnt Forest.

Cameroon: CFA 20 Billion Needed to Protect Sangha Trans-Boundary Park

The Cameroon government, acting through the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, has expressed its determination to ensure the full implementation of the Yaounde Declaration of 1999 following the first ever summit on forest ecosystem. Forestry and Wildlife Minister, Elvis Ngolle Ngolle, made the declaration yesterday in Yaoundé while signing an agreement with the Sangha Tri-National Foundation for the better management of the Sangha Tri-national trans-boundary forest complex.

Uganda: Geo Experts Trained

GEO-INFORMATION Communication (GIC), an environmental system research institute and software reseller, last week conducted a week-long training on application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

Uganda: Rakai in School Environment Drive

FOLLOWING the rampant environmental degradation in Rakai district, teachers have started the school environment programme to create awareness regarding environmental issues in schools.

Kenya: Tana Delta Sugar Project Hearing Starts

The public hearing over the controversial sugar project in the Tana Delta district started Tuesday with the supporters and opponents of the investment coming face to face to argue their cases.

Zimbabwe: EMA Calls for Registration of Sand Abstraction Sites

Local authorities in Mashonaland East Province are yet to register sand and clay abstraction sites with the Environmental Management Agency in accordance with a Statutory Instrument of the EMA Act which came into effect early last year.

Kenya: Ministers to Inspect Mau Forest

Two Cabinet ministers will today make an extensive aerial tour of the controversial Mau Forest.

Rwanda: Briquettes - Building Blocks for a Clean Environment

When you cook, you create garbage. Now an association in Nyakabanda has found a way to use garbage for cooking. "At first, it was a bit hard to convince people to pay us for collecting their garbage, but as soon as they saw that it kept the neighborhood clean, they easily agreed."

Uganda: Country Could Benefit From $10b Clean Air Export

UGANDA could join the exclusive club of 'clean air producing and exporting countries' during an international climate conference in Yokohama, Japan at the end of this month.

Uganda: MPs Push Govt to Give Up Mabira Giveaway

The campaign to halt the proposed giveaway of part of Mabira forest to an investor who will pick $500 million in timber sales and then plant sugar cane, got a boost on Friday with members of Parliament pressing the government to leave the natural woodlot intact.

Mauritius: Myanmar believes At Least 10,000 Dead After Cyclone Nargis

The military governement had a provisional death toll of 10,000 from this weekend's devastating cyclone, with another 3,000 more missing after cyclone Nargis struck one of the world's poorest countries. A man walks past an uprooted tree in central Yangon, the country's former capital.Some 10,000 people are believed to have been killed and thousands went missing in two of Myanmar's devastated cyclone regions, state television reported yesterday, a dramatic increase in the toll from Saturday's storm.

Sierra Leone: Friends of the Earth to Clean Kenema

National coordinator of Friends of the Earth has said that this year's celebration of World Environmental Day scheduled for June 5 would be marked by the cleaning of Kenema and it environs.

Mauritius: Dirty Little Island

The necessity of transforming Mauritius into a sustainable island seems to be taking root in each and everyone's mind. The bulk of the population now realizes that the country has to turn to renewable energies if it is to ensure its energy security in the future. It is also dawning on many that the viability of "renewables" hinges on curtailing our energetic profligacy. So far, so good. Yet how can we aspire to such sweeping changes if we are unable to keep our island free of litter? How can we pretend to love our country if we treat its beaches, fields and streets like dustbins?

Tanzania: Sh14 Billion for Project to Protect Lake

Countries around Lake Tanganyika intend to raise nearly Sh14 billion to initiate a programme to protect the sustainability of the lake.

Uganda: Scientists Screen Reptiles to Trace Sleeping Sickness

Scientists have started screening crocodiles, monitor-lizards, snakes and other reptiles to establish whether they are reservoirs for sleeping sickness and nagana disease parasites countrywide.

Uganda: Celtel, URA To Clean City

UGANDA Revenue Authority (URA) and Celtel have partnered to rid hazardous material from Kampala central business district. The campaigned dubbed "Waste wise" was launched by the water and environment minister Maria Mutagamba last week.

Tanzania: Activists Say No to Soda Ash Plant

East African environmental activists are up in arms over the establishment of a soda ash plant at Lake Natron, Tanzania.

Kenya: City Hall Set to Enforce Plastic Ban From June

Nairobi residents who use thin plastic bags will have to pay a fine of Sh2,000 or be sentenced to a jail term of not less than six months from next month.

Kenya: Biodiversity Key to Sustaining Green Growth

In December, last year, governments set aside- in quite dramatic ways-to narrow national differences in agreeing the Bali Road Map.

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