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Angola

"Not a Famine, but an Issue of Food Insecurity"
ips.org | 11 May 2012
Millions 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
GEF Supports Conservation of Iona National Park in Angola
biodiversity-l.iisd.org | 13 Apr 2012
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and UN Development Programme (UNDP) will implement a project in Angola to strengthen the protected area management system in Iona National Park and conserve biodiversity in the area.
 Angola | Biodiversity | Conservation
allAfrica.com: Angola: Maiombe Environment Network Sets up Production Centre of Native Trees
AllAfrica.com | 16 Jan 2012
Luanda — The Maiombe Environmental Network is creating a centre for production of native trees in Luanda, as part of the forest polygon project of Zango, aimed at curbing the climate change, Angop learnt Wednesday.According to the Secretary General, Rafael Neto, the centre which has been in the experimental phase since last year expects to produce, initially, 15,000 seedlings that will be thrown onto the ground, for afforestation process...
 Angola | Sustainable Forest Management
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Floods leave Angolan returnees stranded
IRIN News | 06 Jan 2012
JOHANNESBURG 06 January 2012 (IRIN) - Several thousand Angolan returnees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. They are among the first casualties of what promises to be a very wet rainy season in parts of southern Africa.
 Angola | Congo | the Democratic Republic of the | Environmental Impacts
Observing Deforestation from Space
ips.org | 30 Nov 2011
By 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: Ministry for more assistance to victims of disasters
feedproxy.google.com | 09 Mar 2011
Angolan Environment Ministry asked Wednesday the United Nations, the National Institute of Earth Planet, foreign NGOs and other organs of International Community to increase their support to the Angolan victims of environmental disasters.
 Angola | Environmental Impacts | Health and Environment
Heavy rains kill at least 25 people in Angola
Reuters | 06 Mar 2011
At least 25 people have been killed in heavy rains and flooding in the southwestern Angolan province of Namibe, a report said on Sunday.
 Angola | Climate Change Impacts | Floods | Health and Environment
Companies Urged to Use Clean Technologies - Environment Minister
AfricaFiles | 26 Feb 2011
Angola's Minister of Environment is asking companies in the sectors of urbanisation and construction, agriculture and forest, industry, energy and transports to use cleaner technologies in order to reduce their gas emissions.
 Angola | Cleaner Technologies | Environmental Impacts | Governance | Industry | Pollution
ANGOLA-DRC: Expulsions mark rising tensions over resources
IRIN News | 17 Nov 2010
Angola's "very violent" expulsion of about 200 Democratic Republic of Congo nationals from its territory this month is a sign of the increasing "bad blood" between the neighbours that analysts believe revolves around border demarcations and conflicting claims to resources, particularly oil. The UN...
 Angola | Congo | the Democratic Republic of the | Farming Practices | Food Security
Angola Press - Angola to host CPLP congress on wastes management
portalangop.co.ao | 12 Nov 2010
Luanda – 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: Fires Cause Negative Impact On Fauna And Flora
AllAfrica.com | 26 Oct 2010
Luanda — Anarchic fires, furtive hunting and illegal fishing cause severe damage in several natural reserves of the country, environmentalist Vladimir Russo denounced today.Speaking to Angop, Vladimir Russo said the conflict between men and animals causes negative impact on the flora and fauna, such as destruction of the habitat of many types and reduction of animal and fish stocks.
 Angola | Encroachment on Ecosystems | Forests and Woodlands | Impacts on Ecosystems | Wildlife Conflicts
Angola: Eigtheen Deaths By Natural Disasters
AllAfrica.com | 20 Oct 2010
Luanda — Eighteen people died and 14 other were injured over the weekend in 31 accidents caused natural disasters all over the country, the spokesman of the civil protection and fire department service disclosed Monday.
 Angola | Floods | Health and Environment | Impacts on Ecosystems | Weather Conditions
Angola: Minister Urges Fishing Companies for Greater Efficiency
AllAfrica.com | 13 Oct 2010
Huambo — 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 Antelope
AllAfrica.com | 18 Jun 2010
Environment 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: Environment Ministry Carries Out Actions of Awareness About Pollution
AllAfrica.com | 07 Jun 2010
The director of the office for inspection and supervision of the Environment Ministry, Francisco Santos, on Sunday in Luanda said that his institution has been carrying out actions of awareness about the problem of pollution in general, having into account the legislation to be approved on this matter.
 Angola | Environmental Awareness | Education
Angola: Government Reaffirms Greenhouse Gases Stabilisation Commitment
AllAfrica.com | 31 May 2010
The 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 Homeless
AllAfrica.com | 26 May 2010
A 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: Environment Minister Wants Joint Fight Against Sound Pollution
AllAfrica.com | 12 May 2010
The Environment minister, Fátima Jardim, expressed on Wednesday in Luanda the need for the Angolan society to work together in the fight against sound pollution.
 Angola | Pollution
Angola: Agriculture Experts to Work in Moxico Province
AllAfrica.com | 10 May 2010
Experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will work on May 20- 22, in the eastern Moxico Province, to create conditions aimed at holding in June the main national act of launching the Agricultural Campaign Credit.
 Angola | Agriculture | Food Security | Poverty Reduction
Angola: Government Grants U.S. 350 Million for Agriculture
AllAfrica.com | 07 May 2010
The 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.
 Angola | Agriculture | Fisheries | Food Security | Poverty Reduction

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