Water shortage in SA possible – Molewa
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-20 00:20:08 -0700 | green-news
Johannesburg There could be a shortage of clean water if South Africans do not work to conserve it, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said on Monday. "If we continue with this trend of using water as if it...
JNF involved in effort to assist S. African farmers
Source: Jerusalem Post
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-12 13:19:23 -0700 | green-news
27 Post-apartheid reforms gave land to the people but without proper training, says aid worker. Gidi Bashan Photo: Sharon Udasin With the help of Israeli agricultural expertise and the support of the Roman Catholic Church, a South African NGO is...
Joburg gets R30bn for infrastructure
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-09 11:45:47 -0700 | green-news
The City of Johannesburg has budgeted R30bn for infrastructure development for the next three years, Mayor Parks Tau said on Thursday. This would form part of an ambitious public transportation development programme dubbed "freedom corridors", he said in his state...
South Africa: South Africa's Electric Vehicle Plan
Source: Africa Headlines
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-03 04:02:47 -0700 | green-news
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has announced plans, including incentives for manufacturers and possible tax incentives for consumers, aimed at establishing an electric vehicle industry in South Africa. Speaking at the launch of the Electric Vehicle Industry Roadmap...
Cash promise for SA battery car
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-02 05:31:24 -0700 | green-news
South African vehicle manufacturers are to receive incentives to produce electric cars. This in the face of much larger and richer European nations trying and, so far, pretty much failing to "electrify" their roads and the failure of South Africa's...
Cheetahs in race to...
Source: Arab News
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-04-24 15:30:47 -0700 | green-news
But it has taken just the last few decades for man to place the hunter on the endangered species list, with experts warning it could disappear from the wild by 2030. Unlike rhinos and elephants, the cheetah is not a...
A unified approach to climate change and hunger
Source: IRIN
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-04-24 10:27:48 -0700 | green-news
Studies out of Ethiopia, India , Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished...The nexus approach seeks to find solutions based on the interconnections between various sectors or...
South Africa: fight over rhino poaching escalates
Source: SF Gate
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-04-24 09:38:38 -0700 | green-news
A U.S. firm recently gave smart phones to some game rangers in South Africa to help them track poachers who kill rhinos for their horns. An anti-poaching ad campaign in Vietnam, a key illegal market, shows rhinos with human hands...
E Cape flood damage to be assessed
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-04-23 08:07:43 -0700 | green-news
The extent of flood damage in parts of the Eastern Cape is being assessed, the province's local government department said on Tuesday. "When the assessment is completed, the report will be given to sector departments to verify the extent of...
Rhino conservationist dies in South Africa
Source: Fox News
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-04-22 07:44:31 -0700 | green-news
A game reserve in Kenya plans to hold a memorial next month for Anna Merz, a conservationist who sought to protect the rhinoceros from systematic poaching that has severely depleted its numbers in Africa. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy says Merz,...
Rhino: DA wants disaster money
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-04-21 09:03:16 -0700 | green-news
Rhino poaching should be declared a national disaster, the DA said on Sunday. This would enable access to disaster management funds to finance anti-poaching initiatives while discussions on rhino horn trade continued, Democratic Alliance MP Anthony Benadie said in a...
Lifeline to i¿½climate refugeesi¿½ ?
Source: IRIN
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-04-17 05:14:12 -0700 | green-news
Now, the first global initiative to address humanitarian options is underway, with discussions focusing on the Pacific Ocean states to take place soon. The UN Guiding Principles on Internal displacement, international human rights legislation, and many national laws protect the...
Subsidies and GM crops back on food policy menu
Source: IRIN
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-04-09 06:39:48 -0700 | green-news
Food has become expensive and seems set to stay that way, so growing more of it has become both a necessity and an attractive investment. Subsidies are back Countries like Malawi, caught in a trap of cyclical droughts, have...
Africa: Deforestation Is Dehumanisation
Source: All Africa
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-04-01 01:15:58 -0700 | green-news
On the 21st of March, the UN dedicated a day to the important role of forests by creating the International Day of Forests, with many events and activities all over the world. Despite widespread awareness of the importance of forests,...
Five die in South African chopper crash
Source: NewKerala
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-03-31 12:55:50 -0700 | green-news
Saturday night, leaving five people dead, the South African Press Association reported Sunday...The Kruger park is the largest reserve in South Africa, where live many endangered animals of rhino. However, some of the rhinos would be targeted and killed by...
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