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2013/05/22 11:32
2013/05/22 11:32
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Climate and human pressure on resources are significantly changing the environment in the Zambezi river basin, as illustrated in a new 2012 publication, the Zambezi River Basin Atlas of the Changing...
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2013/05/20 21:06
2013/05/20 21:06
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An area environmental group hopes to draw attention to what it says is a problem -- one that could be inside your mouth. According to the newly formed South Central Pennsylvanians for a Mercury-Free...
2013/05/16 14:01
2013/05/16 14:01
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The novel travels into the dark world of Satanic worship and its followers in Kerala. Viswanathan, the protagonist, celebrates what is tagged unholy or blasphemous by society at large. Thamovedam,...
2013/05/15 18:30
2013/05/15 18:30
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Tsitsi Matope of Lesotho and Benedict Tembo of Zambia, both journalists, are the winners of the 2012 Ozone Africa Media Award. The award was established in 2010 by the United Nations Environment...
2013/05/14 13:31
2013/05/14 13:31
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Geneva — The three conventions that govern chemicals and hazardous waste safety at the global level concluded their first ever jointly held meetings of the parties late Friday night in Geneva. The...
2013/05/13 00:39
2013/05/13 00:39
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Recession-battered Portugal has been a bad-news factory since the 2008 financial crisis. But it can boast at least one accomplishment: Its burgeoning renewable power market is setting records. In the...
2013/05/10 15:33
2013/05/10 15:33
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Bonn/Nairobi — The annual migration of an estimated 50 billion birds - around 19 per cent of the world's 10,000 bird species - is one of the world's great natural wonders, yet the critical staging...
2013/05/10 15:33
2013/05/10 15:33
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Against a backdrop of increasing international interest in how we value the economic benefits we derive from our natural environment, business leaders, policy makers and sustainability leaders from...
2013/05/10 11:45
2013/05/10 11:45
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SAMBURU, Kenya - Ivory jewelry and carvings are prized by some in Asia, but people should know they come from the massacre of elephants whose survival is threatened by rampant poaching, popular...
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2013/05/09 11:39
2013/05/09 11:39
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... —Hard-engineered sea walls have a limited life span. Could saltmarshes and mangroves offer a different approach to buffering against storm surges and coastal erosion? Flooding, landslides,...
2013/05/08 05:57
2013/05/08 05:57
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The country’s first organic farm is expected to be open to the public next month. This was revealed by Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources Ramona Ramdial at...
2013/05/08 02:29
2013/05/08 02:29
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Washington, DC / Geneva — A new book analyzing how disputes over land resources incite conflict, while effective management of land can also promote peacebuilding and support development in...
2013/05/07 00:29
2013/05/07 00:29
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Nairobi — On a fact-finding mission to Kenya, film actress Li Bingbing - one of China's most popular celebrities and a rising Hollywood star - has urged greater effort by governments and consumers to...
2013/05/06 11:31
2013/05/06 11:31
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We have noted the publication of an article on your daily issue of Tuesday, April 23 2013, (KENYA WILL BE HARMED BY Ethiopia's Gibe III Dam by Alex Awiti) which purports that Ethiopia is deliberately...
2013/05/06 10:30
2013/05/06 10:30
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China's leading actress Li Bingbing is visiting Kenya to highlight the illegal ivory trade that is fueling a rise in the killing of elephants in East Africa and across the continent. A Goodwill...
2013/05/05 19:55
2013/05/05 19:55
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) goodwill ambassador Gisele Bundchen attended a tree-planting ceremony and gave a press conference in the context of the “UN International Year of...
2013/05/04 10:11
2013/05/04 10:11
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Harmful cookstove smoke is one of the top five threats to public health in poor developing countries. Nearly half of the world's population cooks on open fires, a contributor to deforestation, global...
2013/05/03 11:41
2013/05/03 11:41
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... of making polluters pay, the national government pays polluters. Aquino condoned billions of pesos in terms of tax liabilities and obligations of foreign and private operators of coal...
2013/05/01 21:43
2013/05/01 21:43
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After co-producing the climate change documentary film The Polar Explorer, I had no idea that in 2010, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) would screen it for delegates and negotiators at...
2013/05/01 04:28
2013/05/01 04:28
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Valuing Nature: The Economy and the EnvironmentWednesday, 1 May 2013, 3:51 pmPress Release: Victoria University of WellingtonValuing Nature: The Economy and the Environment9 and 10 July 2013 Embassy...