Criquets pèlerins : 39 zones exposées à Illizi (ASAL)
Algérie Presse Service | 26 Apr 2012
ALGER- Trente-neuf zones sont "potentiellement exposées", dans la wilaya dIllizi (sud), à linvasion des criquets pèlerins dont plusieurs essaims sétaient infiltrés depuis janvier dernier en Algérie, indique mercredi lagence spatiale algérienne (ASAL) sur son site internet."Lanalyse des...
 Algeria | Alien Species | Impacts on Ecosystems

Kenya: International campaigners warn Europe over biofuels carbon disaster in Africa
feedproxy.google.com | 22 Mar 2011
International campaigners led by the anti-poverty agency Actionaid that operates in over 20 countries in Africa has called for European biofuel plans in Kenya and other African states to be scrapped saying the cost of destroying forests as part of the process would far outweigh any savings made on carbon emissions and exorbitant hunger.
 Kenya | Agriculture | Energy | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation

KENYA: Community Turns Garbage Into Energy Source
Inter Press Service | 16 Mar 2011
A community-based organisation in the Kenyan slum area of Kibera set out to clean up garbage and deal with waste water; Ushiriki Wa Safi ended up creating a community cooker that turns waste into an energy source.
 Kenya | Health and Environment | Impacts on Ecosystems | Urban Environment | Waste | Waste Management | Water Pollution

DRC Establishing Capacity for Core Public Management
feedproxy.google.com | 09 Feb 2011
The DRC is a country struggling to emerge from more than a decade of conflict, and has formidable governance challenges. Despite its vast reserves of natural resources, including cobalt, copper, coltan, gold and diamonds, as well being home to the second most powerful potential source of...
 Congo | the Democratic Republic of the | Environmental Impacts | Governance

The small print behind African land grabs
Guardian Unlimited | 01 Feb 2011
A new report analyses the contracts behind the buy-up of millions of hectares of African farmland. Invest in land, goes the old saw, they're not making it any more. And, as we have reported, many rich countries and companies are doing just that in the developing world. Partly it's about making money, partly it's about securing food in a world where that commodity is looking harder to come by. So are the deals being struck for millions of hectares, particularly in Africa, transparent and fair?
 Food Security | Impacts on Ecosystems | Land Tenure Issues | Poverty Reduction

South Sudan seeks millions for war-hit wildlife
Reuters | 18 Jan 2011
South Sudan appealed for investors to plough $140 million into its war-hit wildlife parks, seeking to kick-start a tourism industry and wean itself off oil months ahead of its expected independence.
 Sudan | Biodiversity | Impacts on Ecosystems | Protected Areas | Tourism and Biodiversity

In Brief: Prepare now for future migration surge, says IOM
IRIN News | 04 Jan 2011
Decisions taken by local authorities on land use, building regulations and access to health services probably affect migrants more than decisions taken nationally, "yet in most countries, migration policy is set at the national level with little attention to capacity-building at the local level, where policy is usually implemented," says the new World Migration Report 2010.
 Environmental Impacts | Food Security | Impacts on Ecosystems | Poverty Reduction

ETHIOPIA: First Carbon Finance Spreads Green Over Highland
Inter Press Service | 22 Nov 2010
It has been decades since the people of the Humbo Woreda have been self-sufficient in food. A Clean Development Mechanism project - Ethiopia's first - is restoring the environment and sustaining livelihoods along with it. The Humbo plateau, some 400 kilometres south of Ethiopia's capital, is in the...
 Ethiopia | Floods | Food Security | Health and Environment | Impacts on Ecosystems

Kenya expects $2bn from climate project
Africa News | 12 Nov 2010
Kenya is on the move to launch a climate exchange platform which could earn the country close to $2bn (£1.2bn) a year, for the first time on the African continent. This project will facilitate the trading of carbon credits and help tackle climate change.Kenya's government estimates that its largest forest, the Mau, has the potential to earn the…
 Kenya | Climate Change Adaptation | Forest Quality | Forests and Woodlands | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Impacts on Ecosystems

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