Angola
"Not a Famine, but an Issue of Food Insecurity"ips.org | 11 May 2012Millions of Angolas poorest families are facing critical food insecurity as a prolonged dry spell across large parts of the country has destroyed harvests and killed off livestock.Up to 500,000 children are now thought to be suffering from severe malnutrition triggered by the collapse in food...
Angola | Food Security Observing Deforestation from Spaceips.org | 30 Nov 2011By Kristin Palitza Rainforest cleared by burning in the state of Acre, Brazil./ Mario Osava/IPSDURBAN, South Africa, Nov 30 (IPS) – Global climate change can now be observed from space. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) launched a new technology that can...
Angola | Sustainable Forest Management Angola Press - Angola to host CPLP congress on wastes managementportalangop.co.ao | 12 Nov 2010Luanda – Angola, in its capacity as president of the Portuguese Speaking Community (CPLP), will host the congress on management of solid wastes in 2011. The information was released Wednesday in Luanda by the minister of Environment, Fátima Jardim. The minister who was speaking at a broad meeting of the National Committee on Earth Planet, set up in 2009, said the event will take place within the commitments taken by member countries concerning the preservation of the planet.
Angola | Waste | Waste Management Angola: Minister Urges Fishing Companies for Greater EfficiencyAllAfrica.com | 13 Oct 2010Huambo — The public companies under control of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, must improve their effectiveness in service assistance, to fulfil the objectives they were created for. This recommendation was stressed by minister of the sector, Afonso Pedro Canga, at the opening ceremony of the Consultative Council, being held in central Huambo province until Friday.
Angola | Fisheries | Public Policy Angola: Government Signs Agreement to Protect Sable AntelopeAllAfrica.com | 18 Jun 2010Environment minister, Fátima Jardim, is visiting Malanje Province this Thursday for a working visit, aimed at signing a memorandum of understanding for protecting the Giant Sable Antelope. The memorandum serves to take urgent and efficient measures which lead to protection and preservation of the sable antelope, conservation of its natural habitat, organising programmes of scientific research for a better knowledge of the animal's habitat.
Angola | Habitat Loss Angola: Government Reaffirms Greenhouse Gases Stabilisation CommitmentAllAfrica.com | 31 May 2010The Angolan minister of Environment, Fátima Jardim, Thursday in Oslo, Norway, reaffirmed the Government's commitment to contributing to the stabilisation of greenhouse gases. The conference was intended to create a world partnership in the intensification of the implementation of projects and programmes of reduction of emissions caused by the deforestation and degradation of forests, which contribute about 17 percent of the global greenhouse gases emissions.
Angola | Deforestation | Greenhouse Gas Emissions Angola: Floods Leave Over 12,000 People HomelessAllAfrica.com | 26 May 2010A total of 12,949 homeless people and 8,705 children with the academic year interrupted in the districts of Kwanhama, Cuvelai and Cahama, is the balance of the consequences of the floods recorded in the region from the months of January to April of the current year, ANGOP learnt from a source of the provincial civil protection commission.
Angola | Floods Angola: Government Grants U.S. 350 Million for AgricultureAllAfrica.com | 07 May 2010The Angolan Government approved this year a credit-line of USD 350 million to support short and middle farmers, as well as fishermen, aiming at meeting the need to increase food and commercial activity. According to the deputy president, the programmes aim to promote a sustainable fight against extreme hunger and poverty, to guarantee harmonious and integrated development of the communities, as well as to restrict rural exodus.
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