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UN report urges Africa's leaders to put environmental health policies first

2013-03-25 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: In 2006, a ship chartered by Dutch-based commodities trader Trafigura illegally unloaded 500 tonnes of toxic waste in the ports of Abidjan, the largest city in Ivory Coast. Local contractors then dumped the contents in town. More than 30,000 people are thought to have suffered illness as a result of the contamination. In the oil-rich deltas of nearby Nigeria, some village water wells are tainted with benzene, a carcinogen, at levels 900 times above World Health Organisation limits. The multifaceted...

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South Africa's Ag Minister to Open Congress

2013-03-19 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

SOUTH AFRICA - The 4th Global Feed & Food Congress (GFFC), organized by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF), with technical support by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will take place for first time on the African continent on 10-12 April 2013 in Sun City, South Africa.

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Half of Africa's Lions May Go Extinct in 40 Years

2013-03-06 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: Nearly half of all of Africa's lion populations could face extinction in the next 40 years if conservation measures aren't changed, according to a new study. The study, published today (March 6) in the journal Ecology Letters, found that lion populations that were fenced into conservation areas rebounded in recent years, whereas lions in open preserves were challenged by prey loss and predation by human neighbors. "Lions in fenced reserves tend to do much better, they're achieving much better...

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Full steam ahead? Geothermal energy can be Africa's game-changer

2013-03-04 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Business Day: THE Africa of today is exponentially more vital than 20th-century Africa. In Sub-Saharan Africa, countries are experiencing a "new dynamism", with two-thirds of them expected to grow at 6.2% this year. In the face of this trend, energy has become a front-burner problem. An astonishing 70% of Sub-Saharan Africans still lack access to basic energy services, undermining their health, limiting opportunities for education and development, and reducing countries potential to rise up out of poverty....

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