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Lesotho

LESOTHO: Floods take heavy toll
IRIN News | 16 Feb 2011
From a distance, the fields of maize that cover almost every hillside in Lesothos Thaba-Tseka District look green and lush. On closer inspection, the plants have a sickly yellowish hue and the heads of corn that should be ripening in time for the April harvest are nowhere to be seen. For most of...

More flooding on the way
IRIN News | 09 Jan 2009
More rains are forecast for Southern Africa into next week, threatening countries already grappling with the impact of recent flooding.

Lesotho: Climate change experts from LCD's to meet in Maseru
African Press Agency | 23 Oct 2008
For the first time, Lesotho will host climate experts from the Africa, the Solomon Islands, Kiribati and other Pacific Islands states for three days starting on Monday (27 October) to discuss issues of climate change affecting the planets least developed countries (LCDs).

Lesotho | Climate Change Impacts

Lesotho: A village tries new ideas to beat climate change
IRIN News | 15 Sep 2008
Scenarios based on projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change show that by 2045 Lesotho will face severe water shortages, and the government's national report on climate change has noted that there will be even less rainfall by 2075.

Lesotho | Climate Change Impacts

Lesotho: Unexpected Benefits of Lesotho Highlands Water Project
Inter Press Service | 30 Jan 2008
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) was conceived and built primarily to supplement the water supply of the industrial hub of South Africa. The additional water has however, provided an important benefit beyond the original aims of the project -- it is reducing the salinity of the Vaal Dam reservoir.

Lesotho | South Africa | Environmental Impacts | Freshwater

Global partnerships critical in curbing climate change
Southern African News Features | 30 Nov 2007
"Climate change is not a northern issue, neither is it a southern issue. It is not an issue for just the developed world nor is it an issue for only the developing world. It is a global issue," said Koffi Annan in his special address to the European Development Days held recently in Lisbon, Portugal.

Africa Environment Outlook 2: Our environment, our wealth
Southern African News Features | 23 Nov 2007
East Africa has launched the second continental report on Africa's environment,

Lesotho: FAO rural markets offer hope to farmers
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | 19 Oct 2007
FAO is working closely with Lesotho's Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to help farmers in Lesotho recover from a hard-hitting drought.

Lesotho | Agriculture | Drought

Developing States need help combating climate change, Mozambican leader tells UN
UN News Centre | 26 Sep 2007
Developing countries bear the brunt of climate change and need international assistance to help them mitigate its effects, the President of Mozambique told the United Nations General Assembly today.

SADC works on improving food security
Times of Zambia | 14 Aug 2007
One area that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is making efforts in is to improve the food security in the region and already a business plan for 2007 to 2008 has been prepared in a bid to improve the availability of food in the region. On food security, the body has prepared the business plan for the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) that is aimed at improving the food security.

Southern Africa: Number of food insecure people doubles from 2006
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) | 13 Aug 2007
Recently concluded National Vulnerability Assessments found that the food insecure population in the region has doubled from about 3.1 million last year to 6.1 million this year. Food insecurity is most severe in Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, where significant production deficits occurred as a result of the severe drought. This report covers the period from 7/1/2007 to 8/13/2007.

Lesotho | Swaziland | Zimbabwe | Food Security

SADC region takes steps to acccelerate infrastructure development
Southern African News Features | 09 Aug 2007
SADC Member States are scaling up the provision of regional infrastructure, a critical foundation for the speedy realization of regional integration objectives. To this end, five intervention areas have been prioritised, as contained in the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan – SADCs 15-year blueprint. These are energy generation, transport, communications technology and meteorology, water infrastructure, and tourism.

South Africa: Pahad Blames 'Global Warming'
AllAfrica.com | 03 Aug 2007
THE acute food crisis affecting Lesotho, part of Mozambique, Swaziland and Zimbabwe was a reminder of the threat posed by global warming, Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad said yesterday.

Africa: Mapping Can Save Forests, Say Scientists
AllAfrica.com | 30 Jul 2007
Mapping and remote sensing technology can be used by developing countries to conserve forests and biodiversity, say experts.

Africa plots common position on climate
The New Times | 13 Jul 2007
Delegates from around 42 African countries are meeting in Kigali to discuss and harmonise the continents position on climate change.

Africa: Al Gore's Liveearth Vs Africa
AllAfrica.com | 13 Jul 2007
FEW people in Africa would get to see Al Gore and his troupe of rock-star ecologists strutting their stuff last weekend - because most have neither television nor electricity.

Africa: Live Earth Vs. Africa
AllAfrica.com | 12 Jul 2007
Few people in Africa got to see Al Gore and his troupe of rock-star ecologists strutting their stuff two weekends ago, because most have neither television nor electricity. That's just as well, because they would have been aghast at Live Earth's bizarre message.

Live Earth concerts to raise awareness of climate change
Southern African News Features | 05 Jul 2007
Music will be used to generate awareness of climate change during a series of "Live Earth" concerts to be held on seven continents on the seventh day of the seventh month of 2007.

Africa: EU Pesticide Rules May Force Out Small African Farmers
AllAfrica.com | 02 Jul 2007
African farmers could soon find themselves forced out of the lucrative European market for agricultural products as retailers and government move towards a zero tolerance policy on chemical residues in food.

Africa: Policymakers Need Better Approach to Desertification, Says UN
AllAfrica.com | 29 Jun 2007
A new policy report from the United Nations University (UNU) urges governments to adopt a more coordinated approach to desertification.

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