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Traduction en fran'ais non officielle de l'avant-projet de rsultats de la confrence ("draft zero" ; PDF, 340 Ko ; janvier 2011)  Initiatives francophones pour la Confrence des Nations Unies sur le Dveloppement Durable de Rio de Janeiro 2012 ...

NAIROBI 31 May 2012 (IRIN) - Maize lethal necrosis (MLN), a disease which has affected at least 300,000 maize farmers mainly in Kenya's Rift Valley Province, could adversely affect harvests of the staple nationally if it is allowed to spread, war ...

A Swedish firm is banking on getting a slice of the domestic fuel market in Mozambique with an ethanol stove that's proven its worth in Ethiopian refugee camps. If properly audited, the stoves' use can generate carbon credits to be sold ...

Source: Inter Press Service Country: South Sudan (Republic of) By Charlton Doki JUBA, May 26, 2012 (IPS) - South Sudan is losing its forests. And with no unified policy to deal with the situation the government is at...

Source: AlertNet Country: Kenya By Pius Sawa NAROK, Kenya (AlertNet) - Living at the edge of Kenya's massive Mau forest complex, Emmanuel Kosen, has been around long enough to see some dramatic changes in the local...

Dans le cadre de ses actions de coop'ration au Sngal, la ville de Malakoff a quip plusieurs villages de lampes solaires SOLTYS (www.soltys.fr). Jusqu'alors dpourvus d'lectricit, chaque village dispose dsormais d'un panneau solaire (...)

South Sudan is losing its forests. And with no unified policy to deal with the situation the government is at odds, with one ministry saying that the loss of forests is a necessity for farming and another warning of the dire environmental consequ ...

Organic products on display at the 2nd Organic Conference in Zambia. Credit: Martha Nyambura/IPS Experts say mainstreaming organic farming in African could help feed the hungry on the continent, reduce poverty and mitigate the effects of climate ...

[Le Soleil] L'atelier national sur l''conomie verte, sous le thme :  exprience nationale, internationale et perspective pour Rio+20 , a dmarr, mardi,  Dakar. Cela, en prlude  la confrence des Nations unies sur l'environnement ...

Pretoria ' Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has called on all South Africans to step up efforts to protect biodiversity, which supports a massive proportion of the countrys livelihood. Our vast wealth of biodiversity  ...

[UN] Le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance (UNICEF) a averti mardi que la crise dans le nord du Mali a consid'rablement aggrav les risques de maladies comme le cholra, la rougeole et la poliomylite et pourrait augmenter le nombre de d ...

Experts and stakeholders are meeting in Nairobi from 29 to 31 May to discuss regional priorities and needs for good groundwater governance in Africa.

By Ignatius Banda* Female subsistence farmers, who form more than 70 percent of farmers on the continent, remain clueless about climate change issues. / Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, May 22 (IPS) – Gertrude Mkoloi earns a living harvesting maize ...

Source: International Institute for Environment and Development Country: World Civil society plays key role in policymaking in a changing climate As the international climate negotiations are moving at a slow pace,...

Source: AlertNet Country: Zimbabwe By Madalitso Mwando Low-rainfall areas of southern Zimbabwe have long been considered suitable for cattle ranching. Yet experts and the Ministry of Agriculture are alarmed by the loss of fodder as rainfall in th ...

A global study finds that some developing countries may face significant economic and food security impacts by 2020 if their ambitious biofuels targets are met.

EL TARF - Les superficies forestières de la wilaya d?El Tarf qui couvrent près de 165.000 hectares sont "mises à mal" depuis quelques temps par une multitude d?interventions illicites, a indiqué samedi à l?APS le conservateur des forêts, Mohamed ...

Cette rencontre est organisée par l'Agence Nationale de l'Aviation de Civile et de la Météorologie (ANACIM) en collaboration avec le projet Climate Change and Food Security (CCAFS). Elle a réuni plus de quatre vingt " 80 " participants composés d ...