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Africa: Tackling Deforestation Must Be Key Focus in Fight Against Climate ChangeAllAfrica.com | 28 Jun 2010While the global community is fighting wars on many fronts, the Commonwealth Secretary-General has said that there is no greater fight than climate change, "where the battle for the forest represents the front line, and the very thick of the action." "We know that by protecting forests from deforestation and degradation, and by restoring forests that have been lost, we can make a huge contribution to the global effort to avoid catastrophic climate change,"
Deforestation | Sustainable Forest Management Nigeria: FG Unveils Strategies to Combat Climate ChangeAllAfrica.com | 05 May 2010Federal Government has developed a national climate framework, adaptation and mitigation strategies, intensive research efforts, awareness creation and capacity building as measures to address the challenges of climate change. Also mentioned was the sustainable use of forests, sensitisation awareness creation and adaptation strategies as key measures to address the impacts of climate change, stating that it is all about enabling people to manage climate-related risks.
Nigeria | Climate Change Impacts | Environmental Awareness | Education Uganda: Forestry Body Questioned On PerformanceAllAfrica.com | 23 Apr 2010FORESTY professionals have demanded a review of the performance of the National Forestry Authority (NFA) in a bid to save forestry resources that are being mism"NFA's performance must be reviewed if the scarce forestry reserves are to be preserved," Banana Abwori, a professor from Makerere University's faculty of forestry and natural conservation, said recently.anaged.
Uganda | Deforestation | Sustainable Forest Management