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  • Beauty Queens in Environmental Conservation Drive in Rwanda

    RWANDA, 2015/09/15 Rwandan beauty queens under the forum, Happy Generation, have urged the youth to play a lead role in environment conservation. This was during Umuganda- monthly communal work, at Nyabugogo swamp on Saturday. The group comprising 50 people included Solange Mukasonga, the mayor of Nyarugenge District, Doriane Kundwa, Miss Rwanda 2015, and other beauty queens inclunding artistes. The activity involved clearing a place famously known as a hideout for drug abusers in Nyabugogo area.

  • Citizens Nab Top Cop for Poaching in Namibia

    NAMIBIA, 2015/09/15 Some Hochfeld farmers arrested a senior police officer for poaching on Sunday next a 20-kilometre car chase. Police spokesperson deputy commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi confirmed yesterday that the senior police officer who is based in Windhoek was arrested by the farmers and taken to a Hochfeld police station. Kanguatjivi said the officer, who cannot be named because he has not appeared in court, is in custody. The Namibian understands that the officer could not appear in court at Okahandja as scheduled yesterday because there were no prosecutors. He as well said the officer gave a statement and that if charged, he will be up for illegal hunting of protected species.

  • Hunting in Africa - to Ban or Not to Ban Is the Question

    BOTSWANA, 2015/07/21 Hunting has long been a highly controversial activity, whether as a sport (leisure or recreational), for commercial purposes or if done for cultural reasons. African nations that legalise hunting activities experience scrutiny around their conservation efforts, and how much money they make from it. Trophy hunting, which is offered in 23 sub-Saharan African nations, generates an estimated US$201 million per year. Out of the 23 nations taking part in legal hunting activities, Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa have the majority effective controls and the highest levels of transparency.

  • Tanzania: Worry As Drought Persists in Kagera Region

    TANZANIA, 2015/07/18 Residents in Kagera Region should take precautions as a hedge against unpredictable rainfall trends which appear to indicate that droughts are additional prevalent, the Kagera Manager of the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), Mr Silas Msoma, has disclosed. Mr Msoma told the "Daily News" in an interview that rainfall trend has been declining over the last year period, appealing to residents in Kagera Region to take precautions as a hedge against unpredictable rainfall trends which appear to indicate that droughts are additional prevalent. Data indicate that while 90.0 mm were recorded during month of January in 2013, the figure dropped to 72.5mm last year. The situation worsened in June where 90.0mm were recorded during 2013 compared to 28.9mm recorded last year. During month of July, 2013 a total of 107.3mm were recorded compared to 71.3mm recorded last year.

  • Investing in Forestry Sector Alleviate Poverty in Tanzania

    TANZANIA, 2015/07/11 Loss of forest ecosystem services such as water regulation can have adverse impacts on the price added of other sectors such as agriculture, tourism and energy. Deforestation in Tanzania could cost the national economy 5,588 billion Tanzanian Shillings (US$3.5 billion, based on 2013 exchange rates) between 2013 and 2033 on current trends, highlighting the importance of investing in the forestry sector to alleviate poverty and boost increase, according to a new statement released today.

  • Caught Between Politics and Money - Climate Change Adaptation in Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific

    WORLD, 2015/07/09 As the UN Conference on Climate, COP 21, approaches, the discussions and debates on climate change are starting to intensify with each region vying for a good agreement during the December conference. The Economic Commission for Africa and the World Climate Change Alliance are hosting African, Caribbean and Pacific nations from June 30 to July 3 in Addis Ababa to discuss points of common interests on what is perhaps this century's most contentious topic: climate change. Mr Thierry Amoussougbo representing the host, ECA's Appropriate Initiatives Division, reminded delegates of the importance of 2015. "This year is an particularly strategic moment for this conference. Later this month in Addis the Financing for Development conference will be held, in September, New York will host a conference on sustainable development and the COP21 will happen in Paris. We have a lot on our plate for the remaining half of the year".

  • What Can Be Done to Make Sure That Wind Energy and Africa's Vultures Co-Exist

    AFRICA, 2015/07/04 A lot of people see wind energy as one of the key solutions to conference Africa's growing energy request and mitigating climate change. As a result, wind farms are by presently under construction or are being planned in a lot of nations across sub-Saharan Africa. But wind farms can pose real threats to bird species, and they have the potential to jeopardise threatened bird populations. So far, the biggest impact of inappropriately sited wind turbines has been on populations of large birds of prey, in particular eagles and vultures. In some extreme cases turbines have led to the death of hundreds of the birds as they collide with the turning blades.

  • Ghana Hard Hit By Flooding, Once Again

    GHANA, 2015/06/13 Years of delays and repeated failures to implement and improve sewage and drainage systems in Ghana's capital, Accra, has led to increasingly damaging and deadly flooding during the country's annual rainy season. "[Ghana] hasn't make any serious arrangements in the event of a flood," said Franklin Cudjoe, director of the Accra-based IMANI think tank. "It is the epitome of neglect." Thirty-eight-year-old Gertrude Otobia Darko was at home with her eight children and husband on the night of 3 June when her house began to flood after days of steady rainfall and then hours of heavy downpour across the city.

  • Environment Ministry, FAA On Combined Effort to Recover Wild Buffalo, Angola

    ANGOLA, 2015/05/24 Ministry of Environment requested Friday in Luanda the support of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) for recovery of the wild buffalo (pacaça), the emblematic mammal located in the northern region of Angola (Uige and Zaire provinces), in danger of extinction. The request came during a seminar on the Armed Forces in the Protection and Conservation of Biodiversity, in peacetime". The event was addressed to officers and civilians of the FAA, ahead of the May 22 , the World Biodiversity Day. According to the chief of Biodiversity Department of the Ministry of Environment, Nascimento António, the species is at risk of extinction, as the poachers and dealers pretending to sell beef.

  • Cape Verdean Defence Minister Thanks Angola's Support

    ANGOLA, 2015/04/26 The minister of Defence and Parliamentary Affairs of Cape Verde, Rui Semedo expressed Tuesday, in Luanda, on behalf of his government faithful thanks for the gesture of solidarity of Angola to his country, next the last Volcanic eruptions that hit the island of Fogo. Rui Semedo, who was speaking at the opening ceremony of the talks between Angola and Cape Verde, in the field of defense, in Luanda, said the gesture was recorded with great satisfaction by the Cape Verdean country. "It was a gesture that came at a good time and above all a lot of quick response, because Angola was one of the nations that supported Cape Verde as this calamity caused considerable damage and displaced populations," said the Cape Verdean official.
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