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<title>EIN News: East Africa Environment News</title>
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<title>The future of food</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177215519</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 09:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Annan called for a Green Revolution for Africa much like the one in Mexico and  ...  Monsanto and BASF have joined forces in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa to develop genetically  ...
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<title>Chinese Company Plans to Open Tannery</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177194239</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 04:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  is planning to open a tannery in Kenya ahead of a major shake-up in the  ...  tariff. China&apos;s purchasing of raw hides from Africa increased by around 20 per cent last  ...  from lower labour costs and less stringent environmental regulations. Typically, China relies heavily on imports  ...
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<title>Nature reserves attract humans, but at a cost to biodiversity, says study</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177174387</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 22:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of excessive drought, local herders in northern Kenya, including this woman at the Samburu National  ...  rural protected areas in 45 countries in Africa and Latin America, the researchers found that,  ...  dominated land use and protected reserves leaves Ugandas Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and its resident mountain  ...
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<title>Roundtable Interview of the President by Foreign Print Media</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177150601</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 17:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  would be, of course, dealing with the environment. I know this is important for the  ...  I&apos;ll talk about our HIV/AID initiative in Africa and how it&apos;s been effective, and the  ...  examples such as Zanzibar, a part of Tanzania, where the infection rate for young babies  ...
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<title>NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 3 July 2008</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177135411</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 14:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  (BO). CEO (Crew Earth Observations) photo targets uplinked for today were Mt. Kilimanjaro , Kenya (this famous peak, at 19,340 feet, is Africa&apos;s highest mountain and is located in northeastern Tanzania near the border with Kenya. CEO specialists are monitoring the tiny ice fields near  ...
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<title>SA takes its first steps into the fast-growing wind energy market</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177098527</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 09:06 GMT</pubDate>
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...  energy market About 185 MW of South Africas electricity could be generated by wind in  ...  Helena Bay. The Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, the Saldanha municipality,  ...  industry is looking at South Africa, Morocco, Kenya and Egypt as possible entry points into  ...
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<title>G8 summit has now been called a dialogue between G8 and &quot;nations concerned&quot;.</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177096924</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 08:03 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in 2003 when China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico joined the talks and has  ...  from Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania as well as the president of the  ...  seizing the steering wheel of establishing world environment order. Japan has already held a related  ...
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<title>China can use G8 talks to reach out to others</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177061568</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 01:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  in 2003 when China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico joined the talks and has  ...  from Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania as well as the president of the  ...  seizing the steering wheel of establishing world environment order. Japan has already held a related  ...
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<title>South Africa takes its first steps into the fast-growing wind energy market</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177045992</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 22:25 GMT</pubDate>
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... South Africa takes its first steps into the fast-growing  ...  Helena Bay. The Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, the Saldanha municipality,  ...  industry is looking at South Africa, Morocco, Kenya and Egypt as possible entry points into  ...
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<title>Nature reserves attract humans, but at a cost to biodiversity</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177021545</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 18:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of excessive drought, local herders in northern Kenya, such as the woman shown here at  ...  rural protected areas in 45 countries in Africa and Latin America, the researchers found that,  ...  Justin Brashares, UC Berkeley assistant professor of environmental science, policy and management, and George Wittemyer,  ...
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<title>My Day At the UN To Discuss the Darfur Crisis and Global Warming</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=176999952</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 16:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  number killed at 500,000. Over the years, the world has witnessed terrible turmoil in Africa - Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Liberia, Chad, Uganda, Kenya and the list goes on. As the world watches, the genocide in Darfur goes  ...
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<title>Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008 Finals Showcase Tomorrow&apos;s Technology Leaders</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=176991585</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 15:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  building technology solutions that help address challenging environmental sustainability issues. From a pool of over  ...  from improving access to clean water, reducing pollution and carbon emissions to achieving sustainable cities  ...  About Microsoft EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Microsoft has operated in EMEA since 1982.  ...
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<title>Africa: &apos;Agriculture Needs Green Growth&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=176962355</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 11:53 GMT</pubDate>
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... Caution needs to be exercised in developing African food production to avoid long-term social and environmental harm, according to an ecologist credited with  ...  we have barriers, so why should a Kenyan farmer not be protected from imported maize?&quot;  ...
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<title>&apos;Agriculture Needs Green Growth&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=176960813</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 11:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
... Caution needs to be exercised in developing African food production to avoid long-term social and environmental harm, according to an ecologist credited with  ...  we have barriers, so why should a Kenyan farmer not be protected from imported maize?&quot;  ...
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<title>PHCN - Killing Us Not So Softly</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=176956276</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 10:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  was she coming to the same Nigerian environment? It has become fashionable the world over  ...  works done on the environment, including the East African Wangari Maathai. A World Summit for sustainable  ...
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