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Mauritius

Mauritius: Small island states tackle climate change
feedproxy.google.com | 24 Apr 2012
Source: Voice of America Country: Mauritius, Fiji, Haiti, Jamaica by Joe DeCapuaExperts from more than 50 small island countries are meeting this week in Mauritius to discuss climate...

farmers in Mauritius are finding it difficult to keep their due to a lack of water.(Radio)
ips.org | 22 Mar 2012
Mauritius watercress farmers wait for water. Credit: Nasseem Ackbarally/IPSWatercress farmers in Mauritius are finding it difficult to keep their activity going after sixty years because of a lack of water. Nasseem Ackbarally reports that 30 families working on one of the biggest watercress farm in the island can no longer cultivate watercress because there is no water in their pond.

Mauritius | Access to Freshwater | Agriculture | Climate Change Impacts

Renewable energy in Mauritius
AfricaFiles | 17 Jan 2011
A new initiative to support production of renewable energy in Mauritius may provide a model for other countries to follow suit. We have got so much sunshine here, says Andrea Gungadin, rector of the Hindu Girls College, a private educational institution in Curepipe, southern Mauritius. Why allow...

Mauritius | Energy Conservation | Energy Consumption | Renewable Energy

Mauritius still the easiest place to do business in Africa
tradeinvestafrica.com | 16 Nov 2010
For the third year in a row, Mauritius ranks highest in the region on the overall regulatory ease of doing business for local firms, according to the Doing Business report released by the World Bank on Thursday. Globally, the country ranks 20th among 183 economies, and has announced further economic reforms to transform the Indian Ocean island into one of the top 10 most investment- and business-friendly locations in the world.

Mauritius | Economics and the Environment

Textile Manufacturing Goes Green and Clean
jipsnews.net | 16 Jul 2009
The cost of production is high in Mauritius as we are far away from our main markets. Our island is so small that at times our clients do forget us. We no longer benefit from any trade preferences. We dont have any natural resources but we have plenty of sunshine and wind and we have decided to use these resources.

Mauritius | Biodiversity

Mauritius and Seychelles prepare for historic submission to the UN
Commonwealth News | 25 Mar 2009
It was a moment of joy at Marlborough House on 20 March when a delegation from Mauritius and Seychelles gave a preview of the joint presentation the two countries will make on 26 March 2009 at the United Nations in New York to the Commission on the Limits of their Continental shelf.

Mauritius | Seychelles | Coastal and Marine Issues

Mauritius prepares action plan against invasive alien species
afriquejet.com | 02 Mar 2009
Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Satish Faugoo said that the struggle against the spread of invasive alien species in the island is a priority because of its negative impacts on the economy, the environment and the health of the population.

Mauritius | Alien Species

Mauritius: "Through the younger generation, we can try to influence society as a whole"
l'express | 09 Aug 2008
An environmental expert talks about the growing importance of environmental considerations at the government, business and community levels.

Mauritius | Environmental Awareness | Education

Mauritius: Water -- Waste Not, Want Not
Inter Press Service | 16 Jul 2008
The 1.2 million-strong population of Mauritius presently enjoys plentiful piped potable water from the 2000 mm average annual rainfall that falls over the island annually. But large amounts of water are wasted, and with growing demand from new development, the island's water security may come under pressure in the near future.

Mauritius | Access to Freshwater

Mauritius: Climate Change is About More Than Renewable Energy
l'express | 06 May 2008
An interview with Claudia Wiedey, Head of Delegation of the European Union on the institution's climate change programmes and its relationship with Mauritius.

Mauritius | Climate Change Impacts | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Renewable Energy

Mauritius: Climate Change: Panic in the Trenches
l'express | 10 Feb 2008
Its an old joke: everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. The same, unfortunately, is true for the climate.

Mauritius | Climate Change Impacts | Food Security

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.

Mauritius: Commonwealth fails to back climate targets
l'express | 26 Nov 2007
The Commonwealth said climate change threatened the existence of small island members faced with rising sea levels but it failed to back binding targets on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Mauritius | Uganda | Climate Change Impacts | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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,

Mauritius: Integrating environment issues in the curriculum
l'express | 16 Oct 2007
The Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE) held two workshops on merging environment topics in the main subjects as part of the National Curriculum Framework.

Mauritius | Environmental Awareness

MAURITIUS: ''Exporting Monkeys for Research Helps Conservation''
Inter Press Service | 11 Oct 2007
Some 10,000 macaque monkeys, considered a nuisance in Mauritius, were exported last year to the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan to be used in medical research.

Mauritius | Biodiversity | Threatened Species

Mauritius: Branding the Green Island
l'express | 01 Oct 2007
Mauritius has enjoyed and continues to enjoy an enviable status as a honeymoon luxury destination on the world tourist map.

Mauritius | Energy Conservation | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Renewable Energy | Tourism and Biodiversity

Island nations tell UN powerful States must show leadership on climate change
UN News Centre | 28 Sep 2007
The greatest burden in the global fight against climate change should be borne by the worlds powerful countries, which are also often the leading producers of greenhouse gas emissions, the leaders of several island nations told the General Assembly.

Mauritius | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Impacts

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.

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.

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