Forest fire forces off 2000 Spanish Islanders
More than 2,000 people were evacuated from their...
Get paid to recycle – NamiGreen E-waste offers cash for old printer cartridges
Windhoek-based recycler, NamiGreen E-waste in a move to prevent printer cartridges ending up in the landfills which in turn damages the environment, the e...
Africa's Responses to Climate Change: Policies to Manage Threat and Create Opportunity
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Tiny creatures play a big role in climate change
July 9, 2019 — You can’t see them, but it’s time to start trying.
Microorganisms, tiny creatures invisible to the naked eye, play a “central...
‘pessimists never get anything done’
Conservation International CEO M. Sanjayan stressed the importance of remaining optimistic in the face of climate catastrophe in an interview today with the public-affairs...
Angolan researchers to gain access to biodiversity fund – Environment – Angola Press
According to a press note from the Environment Ministry that reached ANGOP on Sunday, Angola, which is still an observer, expects to request...
How to Build a Smart City
Collaborative platforms, sustainability, public-private partnerships and data analytics are critical for developing smart and inclusive cities.
The global smart-city movement, which...
FAO Seeks to Broaden Scope of Regional Initiatives to Address Systemic risks in NENA
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) announced that the resources mobilised and delivered for development projects and endorsed...
How climate change will impact agricultural productivity in Central America and the Andean Region
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August 19, 2019
How climate change will impact agricultural productivity in Central...
Profile Rotary member forms Roots of Peace to remove land mines
Profile: A vine idea
Heidi KühnRotary Club of San Francisco
Heidi Kühn arrived in Utsunomiya, Japan, in 1975, a few months after the end of the...
Overcoming Nigeria’s e-waste epidemic | The Guardian Nigeria News
Pickers dismantle appliances by hand at Odo-Iyalaro, Lagos to extract salable components. PHOTO: IRENE GALAN/ UN ENVIRONMENT
It’s close to midnight on a Sunday and the...
EU net zero climate goal: momentum reduced to a footnote
Posted on 20 June...
Precariousness still affects education and employment in Peru and Bolivia
Synergies between education and employment are vital in social policy. However, there is still little information on how the quantity and quality of primary...
Will Zimbabwe succeed in overturning a ban on the ivory trade? · Global Voices
Zimbabwe, along with three other Southern African nations, has submitted a proposal for the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Specials of Wild Fauna...
Ensuring Safe Structures: a Decade of Using Digital Technology in Industrial Radiography in Viet...
Industrial radiography is a method of inspecting materials, such as steel or concrete, for hidden flaws by using short X-rays, gamma rays and neutrons...
One Planet, Many Neighbors – Plant With Purpose
July 11 marks World Population Day, a day marked to raise awareness of issues related to world population. Though this is not the most...
Seven elephants, 19 rhinos poached since January – ministry
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has recorded 26 poaching incidents since January, according to the ministry’s spokesperson Romeo Muyunda this week.
According to the...
Nuclear energy procurement problems highlighted in submission to Zondo Commission
Major energy procurement projects need independent oversight at all stages (pre-procurement, procurement and post-procurement) to prevent further state capture, recommends the Southern African Faith...
12,000 hectares of farmlands wrecked by Jigawa flood
Flood has ravaged over 12,000 hectares of rice,...
Amazing image of wild tiger in Bhutan | Stories
Learn more about Rondeau's trip and watch his video diaries.WWF is supporting tiger countries like Bhutan through a variety of initiatives aimed to protect...
Women, the food economy and networks in West Africa
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FAO takes part in Cairo Water Week
11 October 2018, Cairo -- The escalation of water scarcity is one of the most impelling challenges facing the Near East and...
3 things you should know about January’s record-low Arctic sea ice | Stories
1. The science is solid
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) uses satellites to measure how much ice is covering the planet and...
