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- Sustainable development: What ministers are doing 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... Roundtable of ministers from South Africa, Finland, France, Mexico and the United States How ... Sustainable Development; Finland as a smaller, though environmentally progressive, OECD member; France, whose government has ... Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Philippines, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, South Africa and Venezuela. ...
- Simmering in shame for our environmental policies 13 May 2008 04:45 GMT
... Simmering in shame for our environmental policies My reaction to Canada making a ... on its way to being eradicated in Africa. But it has reappeared thanks to climate ... the cases showing up in Ghana and Sudan, the BBC reports. Climate change means more ...
- Thomas D. Mangelsen's Best Selling Book The Natural World is a Quiet Call to Action as the Earth Battles Global Warming 13 May 2008 04:44 GMT
... subjects within the context of their varied environments. Excerpts from his journals detail his experiences ... began her landmark study of chimpanzees in Tanzania in June 1960 under the mentorship of ... innovative, community-centered conservation and development programs in Africa, and the Roots & Shoots education program, ...
- Zanzibar, Mafia islands to vanish in 100 yrs 13 May 2008 01:13 GMT
... by global warming. The islands off the Tanzania Mainland coast could be submerged in the ... the International Year of Planet Earth for Africa and a conference that followed. They said ... Salaam. Mr Eric Mugurusi, the director of Environment Division in the Vice-President’s Office, says Tanzania ...
- Measurements and the Future of Business in Africa 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... bgcolor="#999999"> If poverty tourism in Africa provides therapy to citizens from the wealthy nations, ... instance, an estimated 65 per cent of Kenyan exports to Europe that constitute fresh flowers, ... countries "experts" discover that bio-fuels harm the environment as do fossil fuels, Kenya's tourism industry ...
- Traffic Jams: Thinking Outside the Box 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... bgcolor="#999999"> Kenya and by extension Africa, should urgently adopt the Unconstrained Vision which views ... confined to fuel consumption but also to environmental pollution and stress. It takes an average ...
- MDGs: From Rhetoric to Action 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... bgcolor="#999999"> Judging the ability of African states to reach the 2015 MDGs target depends ... full of water or almost empty? While Uganda, for example, is doing well in tackling ... be made productive through improved farming mechanisms. Environmental related issues like soil degradation, deforestation, and ...
- Africa Bets on Biofuels 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... Unprecedented efforts are taking place in sub-Saharan Africa to find alternative sources of energy. The ... by the region. In some countries like Kenya, the bill equals the monetary value of ... Drabich - Waechter of the Green Power East Africa Limited, a biodiesel producer in Kenya. "Energy is ...
- No Need for Borrowed Legs 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... The Most Rev. Benjamin Nzimbi, Archbishop of Kenya and Bishop of All Saints Cathedral in ... fellowship. “When we differ with people in Africa, we still give them hospitality but this does not ... three African brothers: President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania; Samora Machel of Mozambique; and Kenneth Kaunda ...
- Kenya Declares Stand on Carbon Footprints 13 May 2008 00:10 GMT
... by the National Taskforce on Horticulture of Kenya, an interactive forum with a multi-stakeholder public ... of other flower producing countries in developing environment-friendly technologies. According to leading economic indicators in ... delivery of valuable cargo and relief to Africa. Green House gas emissions associated with Kenyan Horticultural ...
- The Threat of Antiscience Zealotry 13 May 2008 00:10 GMT
... lower production costs; it also has important environmental Good progress has been made in developing ... attention during a recent field tour to Africa. An article in The Independent (Walsh, 2000 ... to food sacks. The caption below reads "Sudanese man collapsing as he waits for food ...
- New Trends to Combat Locusts 13 May 2008 00:10 GMT
... in dry regions) were those of North Africa in 1988-9, and West Africa’s in 2004-5. ... be one of the lingering after-effects. In East Africa there have been reports in recent weeks of ... from the Middle East, with fears in Kenya of the first major locust plague in ...
- Food Miles Wound Developing Countries 13 May 2008 00:10 GMT
... by the National Taskforce on Horticulture of Kenya, an interactive forum with a multi-stakeholder public ... the overall greenhouse gas emissions to the environment and therefore, global warming. The debate includes ... airfreight exporter of fresh produce in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is Tara Garnett of centre for environmental ...
- Making Agriculture Popular 13 May 2008 00:10 GMT
... bgcolor="#999999"> Robert Sabiiti, Agricultural Economist and Uganda’s representative in the UN agencies responsible for ... popularise agriculture with Josephat Juma of The African Executive . Robert, who is currently in the ... being scientific while others are socio-economic and environmental. Whatever the case, we need to appreciate ...
- Syngenta: Try Technology 13 May 2008 00:10 GMT
... articles regarding GM / GE food in African Executive Issue no. 8. Namely: Field trials ... series of confined field trials at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) station in Kiboko. ... of hostile climate. By Peter Veal Syngenta East Africa Ltd (SEAL) Managing Director ...
- Is Climate Change a Talk for the Rich? 13 May 2008 00:10 GMT
... coalition of the UK’s leading development and environment agencies says the international community must act ... the international community must act now because Africa will go up in smoke due to climate unpredictability ... recent visit to Itabua village in Eastern Kenya, I asked Jared Kimani about his sentiment ...
- African Farmers Play Pianos and Drums 13 May 2008 00:10 GMT
... backbone and engine of growth in most African economies accounting for more than 35% of ... soil. Kworora Munaabi, a farmer in western Uganda explains that they still soak seeds first, ... (1974) who carried out a study in Tanzania concluded that early planting of cowpeas gave ...
- China Lends A Hand 13 May 2008 00:06 GMT
... China certainly has leverage -- it is Sudan's leading trading partner and the largest market ... ? And what about energy and the environment? After all, the United States and China ... G-8 communiques on energy, climate change, AIDS, Africa and poverty will remain empty and meaningless ...
- Plastics: From Eye Sore to Assets 13 May 2008 00:03 GMT
... other plastic manufacturing companies. Shariq Haneef, the Kenya Country Director talks to The African Executive A.E: What motivated the creation of such ... such a company in Kenya? Haneef: The environment is a major concern everywhere, since this ...
- Research for Productivity 13 May 2008 00:03 GMT
... shares some of his experiences with the African Executive. A. KARI stands for Kenya Agricultural Research Institute. It was established and enacted, ... crops and livestock products, while conserving the environment. In pursuit of this mission, KARI proactively ...
- Terrorism: Kenyans want Justice 13 May 2008 00:03 GMT
... support this just and legitimate demand,” said Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail in the ... the UN should punish US. About 17 Kenyan victims of the 1998 bomb at the ... to draw attention to their plight. The African Executive talks to Maina Simon (40), Richard Wainaina ...
- Africa's Role in the Climate Change Agenda 12 May 2008 23:49 GMT
... impact on the world’s poor countries and Africa composes the majority of this category. It is ... the earth in the name of development. Uganda for example, received a good scare from ... land management especially deforestation which destroys the environment. We must strike a balance between the ...
- Beyond Earth 12 May 2008 23:49 GMT
... Greenpeace co-founder Dr Patrick Moore says the environmental movement “has lost its objectivity, morality and ... million households – do not. In sub-Saharan Africa, it’s nine of 10 families. The consequences are ... if that were their biggest worry,” says Uganda’s Fiona Kobusingye. She may not know that ...
- Social Responsibility Doubletalk 12 May 2008 23:49 GMT
... of corporations today. According to social and environmental activists, it’s also the essence of “corporate ... mini-refrigerator and dozen 20-Watt light bulbs, says Uganda-born Connie Miranda. However, such systems are beyond ... systems are beyond the reach of most African families, whose total annual income is a few ...
- Climate Change: New Foods? 12 May 2008 23:49 GMT
... warn of declining crop yields especially in Africa that could trigger massive hunger. On average scientists say ... erratic weather patterns. To prevent all this, environmentalists and rich countries are against fossil fuel ... and scientists attending the climate summit in Kenya this week have big scores to settle.Wait a ...
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