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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...
vows, mitigate, climate, change, coastal, erosion, expands, environmental, sustainability, poverty, reduction
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...
protect, forest, regulations, temperature, environmental, deforestation, erosion, firewood
SENEGAL: Coastal erosion resea...
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...
erosion, coast, environment, beach, sand
CAPE VERDE: Clandestine housin...
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...
housing, erosion, flooding, urban development
CONGO: Heavy rains cause havoc...
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...
rain, flood, storm, outbreak, erosion
GLOBAL: Climate change may dro...
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...
climate change, erosion, flood, global warming
BENIN: Erosion-inducing coasta...
BENIN: Erosion-inducing coastal sand mining to be outlawed
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Faced with rising sea levels and coastal erosion caused in part by coastal sand mining, carting away of free beach sand for commercial uses, the...
sand mining, erosion, sand, coast
LIBERIA: Coastal erosion displ...
LIBERIA: Coastal erosion displaces hundreds
IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
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...
crisis, habitat, erosion, environment
MADAGASCAR: Despite odds, coun...
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. ...
poverty, land, trees, forests, deforestation, environment, biodiversity, erosion
NIGERIA: The desert is fast en...
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...
desert, deforestation, erosion, global warming
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