Welcome to Africa Activities

Over the years GRID-Arendal has been working on a range of project activities in Africa. Current activities relate to skills sharing and environmental knowledge generation through assessment and reporting. Falling under the Capacity Building and Assessment Programme of GRID-Arendal, Africa activities focus on providing science-based environmental information for resource management and decision-making.

Press releases

Fast Pace of Africa Urbanization Running Down Water Supplies and Sanitation
Cape Town/Nairobi, 21 March 2010. Rapid urbanization over the last five decades is changing Africa’s landscape and also generating formidable challe ...
Monday 21 Mar 2011
Uganda’s Patricia Okoed-Bukumunhe wins first UNEP Young Environmental Journalist Award
Nairobi, 21 February 2011 – A Ugandan radio journalist has won a prestigious new journalism award from the United Nations Enviornment Programme (UNE ...
Monday 21 Feb 2011
UN Urges Clean-up Following Acute Lead Poisoning in Nigeria
Geneva/New York/Nairobi, 7 January 2011 - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations Environment ...
Friday 07 Jan 2011

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