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Uganda: Climate change bleaks country's coffee harvest
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Climate change has the potential to bleak the future production of Uganda's major export, coffee, a British charity Oxfam warns in a report, urging the government to speed up the process of adapting to climate change by immediately implementing the National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA).
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Tanzania: MPs warn over using huge chunks of land for Jatropha production
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The law makers have warned the government against leasing huge chunks of fertile land to foreigners and other strategic investors, who want to establish Jatropha plantations for bio-fuel production.
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Uganda: Climate change monitors on Rwenzori
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Two metrological stations have been placed on Mt Rwenzori to monitor changes in the climate.
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Uganda: New practices to help farmers beat climate change
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Farmers need to learn new practices to adapt to new climatic changes. A report released by Oxfam, a non-governmental organisation, shows that adaptation can help the communities live with the climatic change that has taken its toll on farming and pastoral communities.
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Swaziland: Input trade fairs boost harvests
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With food prices hitting record highs world wide, FAO is helping implement urgent measures to increase food production in the most affected countries. In Swaziland Input trade fairs enable poor farmers boost their crops.
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Tanzania: President Kikwete warns against illegal fishing
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President Jakaya Kikwete has expressed concern over illegal fishing which, he said, is the main cause of fish shortage in both the Indian Ocean and Lake Victoria.
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AfDB promises to help Swaziland on food security
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THE Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has reaffirmed Swaziland of its commitment to enhancing agricultural productivity and ensuring food security in the country.
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South Africa: Climate change unavoidable, says environment minister
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The South African cabinet will soon have to take some major and very difficult decisions about a future economic model for the country when a study on how the country can mitigate the long-term impacts of climate change is presented to it.
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South Africa: Kruger Park 'stands to be devastated by climate change'
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Up to two-thirds of the animal species in the Kruger National Park could become extinct if global temperatures increase at the current rate.
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South Africa: Van Schalkwyk paints grim picture of climate change
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The longer the delay in taking action on climate change, the greater the costs would be for everyone to minimise its effects and adapt to them, Environment and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has said.
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Uganda: Minister Wants Forests Protected
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The rate at which swamps and forests in Uganda are being destroyed is alarming, the water and environment minister has said.
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South Africa: Kruger Park's global warming woes
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A 2.5 degrees Celsius rise in average world temperature above 1990 levels could cause up to two-thirds of all animal species in the Kruger National Park to become extinct, Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has warned.
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Angola: Climatic Changes Implementation Strategy Approved
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Angolan Government has approved the national strategy on the implementation of the UN convention framework on climatic changes and the Kyoto Protocol that seeks, among other purposes, to foment international cooperation in the domain of the said alterations and transfer of knowledge and experience.
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Nigeria: Stemming the impact of climate change
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How can the impact of climate change be mitigated? This is the question stakeholders converged on Sokoto to consider at an Information and Policy Advocacy Session convened by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, Nigeria in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Environment.
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Angola: Cabinet Approves Kyoto Protocol Implementation Strategy
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The resolution number 52/08 of the Council of Ministers that approves the National Strategy for the Implementation of the United Nations Convention on Climate Changes and Kyoto Protocol, has come into force.
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Global: Soil database win-win options for climate change mitigation and food production
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A new database on the worlds soils improves knowledge of the current and future land productivity as well as the present carbon storage and carbon sequestration potential of the worlds soils. It helps to identify land and water limitations, and assist in assessing the risks of land degradation, particularly soil erosion risks, FAO has said.
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Africa: First Countries Named to Benefit from Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
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Fourteen states have been selected as the first developing country members of an innovative partnership and international financing mechanism to combat tropical deforestation and climate change.
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Cameroon: Final Report on Biodiversity Examined
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Actors in the environment sector last week made an inventory of what has been done and what ought to be done in a bid to slow down the rate of biological diversity loss in the country within the spirit of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development organised at Rio de Janeiro.
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South Africa: Western Cape Farmers Expect the Unexpected
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According to researchers, the weather in the Western Cape has become unpredictable. The past ten years have seen a shortening in the intervals between droughts and floods. Rising temperatures are creating problems for fruit farmers, and forecasted water shortages are causing concern.
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Ghana: Mine Company Accused of Leaking Poison Into River
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Information available to the Public Agenda indicate that an overflow of a cyanide containment pond of Anglogold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine has led to a cyanide leakage into nearby rivers and forests.
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Kenya: Tree that holds solution to fuel crisis and environmental conservation
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When Isaac Kalua founded the Green Africa Foundation in 2000, one of his objectives was to get Kenyans to take care of trees and plant more.
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Swaziland: Humans causing climate change?
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Whether human actions are causing climate change is much debated even among CPTM members with arguments that humans are a causal factor in climate change.
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Malawi: Derivatives used to hedge against bad weather
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Malawi, riding high on recent cereal surpluses, is hedging its bets against inclement weather disrupting its good fortune by using a financial derivative to offset agricultural risk.
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Madagascar: Early Recovery to mitigate emergency response
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In Madagascar, where community resilience and livelihoods are continuously eroded by cyclones, floods and drought, the gap between emergency humanitarian action and development assistance can become too wide to cross.
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Southern Africa: Shared Water Resources - Source of Conflict or Cooperation?
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Over the past decade, numerous media and research reports have have anticipated wars over water in Africa. As far back as 1998, the Institute for Security Studies presented a research paper stating that water is "recognized as a fundamental political weapon in the Southern African region. Water will increasingly shape the international relations and security arrangements of Southern Africa."
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Kenya: Government Will Safeguard Mau Forest
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President Mwai Kibaki today said the Government was committed to restoring Mau forest to its original purpose so as to safeguard the catchments of the over twenty rivers that rely on the forest.
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Nigeria: The Law of the Environment
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The environment is like the maiguard. It guards the people, but is at the mercy of intruders.
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Uganda: Oxfam Calls for Action Against Climate Change
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Oxfam in Uganda launches a new report and video on climate change and its impacts in Uganda, and calls on the government to speed up the process of adapting to climate change by immediately implementing the National Adaptation Programmes of Action.
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Global: International Children's Painting Competition Focuses on Climate Change
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'Climate Change: Our Challenge' is the theme of the 18th International Children's Painting Competition, which was launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP).
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Global Youth Leadership Summit in New York
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The People Speak, an initiative of the United Nations Foundation, is hosting its first Youth Leadership Summit, starting on 17 July, focusing on climate change, and what actions individuals can take to reduce emissions in their communities.
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