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Windhoek - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism will conduct a wildlife auction of rare and high-demand game species from State-owned game parks towards the end of this month.
The exercise, which...
July 1th, 2008
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Bazaruto - Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland say that the marine reserve of Ponta de Ouro, in the far south of Mozambique, may be declared A World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, S...
June 30th, 2008
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Nairobi - AS THE LARGEST LAND-Based animal, the elephant has the ability to excite strong emotions - emotions that now pit different African countries against each other over whether the beast has more v...
June 30th, 2008
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Nairobi - THEY MAY BE THE KINGS OF the jungle but now, conservationists say, lions in some of Kenya's most scenic parks are reduced to fighting for their lives.
The situation is especially dire in the...
June 29th, 2008
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Nairobi - Increased food production and commercial activities at a wetland in Nandi North District, have not only contributed to the destruction of the environment, but are also a threat to the sitatunga...
June 26th, 2008
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Gorongosa - The Mozambican Ministry of Tourism on Tuesday signed an agreement with the US not-for-profit organisation, the Geoffrey Carr Foundation, on the co-management of the jewel in Mozambique's wild...
June 25th, 2008
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NAIROBI - Kenya should reverse a decision to grow biofuel crops which will threaten wild life on an important coastal wetland, two conservation groups warned on Monday.
More than 80 square mi...
June 24th, 2008
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PORT LOUIS - Madagascar has signed a series of environment agreements to protect unique forests and support local communities as part of a commitment by the government to ramp up environmental protection...
June 19th, 2008
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TUNIS - Donors have pledged US$216 million for a fund to protect the Congo Basin forests of central Africa, home to 26 percent of the world's remaining tropical forests, the African Development Bank (A...
June 19th, 2008
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NAIROBI - Rhino numbers in Africa have reached record levels but one sub-species confined to a remote and lawless corner of Congo is on the brink of extinction, a leading conservation group warned on T...
June 18th, 2008
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ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia plans to develop its vast coal reserves in the west of the country for fertilizer and power generation, at an estimated cost of $730 million, its trade and industry minister said...
June 16th, 2008
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KANO - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua said on 13 June that the country's energy infrastructure has become so decrepit he will soon have to call a 'state of emergency'. Nigerian environmental experts a...
June 16th, 2008
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Accra - The Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines, Ms. Esther Obeng Dapaah has given clear indications that Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) will be given a permit to commence operations at the controve...
June 14th, 2008
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Arusha - Nobody knew that Tanzania was struggling to bring back its own rhinos that were taken to South Africa, until a high placed Leon Sullivan delegation jetted in.
The United States Government has...
June 14th, 2008
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Walvis Bay - The Municipality of Walvis Bay is embarking on various initiatives to promote the sustainable protection, utilization and management of biodiversity for the benefit of residents both in the ...
June 13th, 2008
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PORT LOUIS - Madagascar will sell nine million tons of carbon offsets in a voluntary scheme to help protect one of its biggest and most pristine forests, a conservation group said on Thursday.
E...
June 13th, 2008
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JOHANNESBURG - Africa needs one common strategy on climate change to stand any chance of persuading rich countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions by between 25 to 40 percent by 2020, environment ministe...
June 12th, 2008
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Buea (Fako) - The Control Brigade of the South West Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife has arrested another Internet scammer engaged in selling endangered and totally protected or class A wildlife spe...
June 12th, 2008
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Johannesburg - THE fynbos on Cape Town's northern edge has shrunk in size since 1978. Satellite images released yesterday by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) show that development around t...
June 11th, 2008
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ANTANANARIVO - Some 55 dolphins have died, after coming ashore on a beach in the northwest of Madagascar, conservationists said on Monday.
The melon-headed whales, a species of dolphin, were first sp...
June 10th, 2008
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