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Gambia vows to mitigate climate change As coastal erosion expands

Sunday, April 19, 2009

In an attempt to mitigate climate change effects in West Africa, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has funded a sub-regional project in The...

Protect our forest

Monday, March 23, 2009

Editorial, Timber trade is increasingly becoming a lucrative venture. Each time one walks along the streets, one is bound to see one or two trucks...

SENEGAL: Coastal erosion research goes unfunded

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Environmental officials are calling for funds to document the deterioration of Senegal’s coast and take action to save coastal communities. “We need...

CAPE VERDE: Clandestine housing squeezes cities

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Illegal housing precariously built on the volcanic archipelago of Cape Verde threatens to increase erosion, land disputes, disease, flooding, and...

CONGO: Heavy rains cause havoc, raise fears of disease outbreaks

Friday, November 07, 2008

Days of torrential rain have caused severe damage to the capital of the Republic of Congo and given rise to fears of water-borne disease. “It’s been...

GLOBAL: Climate change may drown cities

Saturday, November 01, 2008

People in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, prefer to commute in three-wheeled autorickshaws, taxis and buses that run on compressed natural gas...

LIBERIA: Coastal erosion displaces hundreds

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Coastal erosion has wiped out dozens of homes and left nearly 200 inhabitants homeless in Buchanan, the second largest city in Liberia, and...

MADAGASCAR: Despite odds, country saves more trees

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Despite a demand for more agricultural land, poverty-stricken Madagascar has managed to reduce deforestation by almost half, environment groups say. ...

NIGERIA: The desert is fast encroaching but why?

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Experts agree that an estimated 35 percent of land that was cultivatable 50 years ago is now desert in 11 of Nigeria’s northern states, but what they...

The Deserts Of Africa - Unimaginable Beauty

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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Africa - the second largest continent in the world is also home to the largest desert in the world—the Sahara. In fact there are three deserts on...