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...
Kenya: Nyatike Braces for Flooding
Source: Africa Headlines
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-03-29 22:58:35 -0700 | green-news
Residents of Nyatike, Migori County living in low lands flood prone areas have been advised to settle in higher grounds with the onset of heavy rains. They have been advised to take caution as there is fear of floods as...
Habitat veteran picked to lead Teton office
Source: Jackson hole guide
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-03-21 20:01:05 -0700 | green-news
Yamiko Samu, who currently works as the leadership development officer for Atlanta Habitat, will take over the job April 1. The decision was definitely based on his experience and a demonstrated commitment to Habitat, Assistant Director Lauren Conrad said.
Scientists call for development goals to protect Earth
Source: IRIN
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-03-21 07:35:44 -0700 | green-news
Development can no longer focus exclusively on improving people's lives. Countries must now link poverty eradication to protection of the atmosphere, oceans and land, said a group of international scientists in a comment piece published today in the journal Nature....
The new initiative of Avaaz.Org: Let us save the rhinoceroses
Posted by: CATALINA
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2012-07-26 18:20:55 -0700 | green-news
It is a recovery that me, I could not wait, because with the convulsed that this the world didn't believe that now these big organizations had neither one second for these topics. I have to say that I like that...
Ancient raindrop fossils reveal that we can thank greenhouse gases for early life on Earth [Earth ...
Source: io9
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2012-05-31 02:11:01 -0700 | technology-news
Ancient raindrop fossils reveal that we can thank greenhouse gases for early life on Earth A raindrop is temporary, leaving behind a damp blotch and no more. Even if it falls in just the right area to create an imprint,...
South Africa: Nuclear Plants to Play Major Role in Energy Plan
Source: Africa Headlines
Pretoria :: South Africa | updated 2012-06-15 22:00:59 -0700 | political-news
Nation Paves the Way Towards Cleaner Energy 28 February 2012 Pretoria South Africa's plan to build nuclear plants is not a quick fix solution to the country's energy crisis but rather a step closer to cleaner energy. Unpacking the country's...
Kruger Park rangers to strike
Source: I Africa
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2012-05-19 18:20:18 -0700 | political-news
A total of 361 rangers, including staff responsible for the park's ecological protection, will participate in the strike. According to Mabasa, police and soldiers would be called in to provide security inside the popular safari park, stretching over two million...
Six killed in Mpumalanga floods
Source: News 24
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2012-03-23 17:25:26 -0700 | travel-news
Six people were killed in the floods that ravaged parts of Mpumalanga last week, the provincial co-operative governance department said on Monday. It was initially reported that two people were killed after a provincial joint operation committee was established on...
Green Blog: Agriculture and Climate Change, Revisited
Source: The New York Times
Durban :: South Africa | updated 2012-03-19 19:27:38 -0700 | technology-news
Josh Haner/The New York Times Gemma Molero, an agronomist from Spain, working with plots of wheat at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center near Ciudad Obreg o n, Mexico...Agriculture has long been a stepchild in global negotiations over the...
South Africa: Archbishop Magkoba On Climate Change Summit - 'Leaders Must Hear Those Who Are ...
Source: Africa Headlines
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2012-03-05 14:01:59 -0800 | technology-news
To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here . AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations , plus more than 200 other...
Africa's fire history 'unlocked'
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-03-01 07:03:19 -0800 | technology-news
Model unlocks human impact on Africa's fire regimes Environment reporter, BBC News Historically, fire has played an important role in shaping landscapes' flora and fauna A model has helped shed light on how human-started fires shaped Africa's landscape, researchers report....
Chinese ivory accused must wait for bail
Source: News 24
Mombasa :: Kenya | updated 2012-02-29 20:56:45 -0800 | political-news
A case against two Chinese nationals accused of illegally possessing ivory was postponed to January 10 by the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Thursday for a bail application. Magistrate Jasthree Steyn also moved the case against Xing Xieny, 51, and...
UN Climate Conference Delegates Sign New Pact On Climate Change
Posted by: dunite
Durban :: South Africa | updated 2012-07-26 01:40:46 -0700 | green-news
United Nations Delegates attending the Climate Change Convention in Durban, South Africa, have reached an agreement on Sunday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, which expires on 2012, and negotiate a legal instrument that is applicable to all countries, that UN...
Canada backs out of any Kyoto protocol commitment at Durban conference
Posted by: northsunm32
Durban :: South Africa | updated 2012-11-02 14:01:21 -0700 | green-news
As expected the environment minister for the Canadian Conservative government Peter Kent announced that Canada would not make any renewed commitment to the Kyoto Protocol. Kent' speech at the UN Durban climate conference was interrupted by a protest message. Six...
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