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World Bank approves loan to sugar plantation amid concerns about kidney disease
2013-08-30 08:22:13| Sugar Industry News
A mysterious kidney disease that is afflicting Central American agricultural workers has been raising growing alarms among governments, and in April the regions health ministers jointly declared that the ailment was among their top public health priorities.
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World Bank Funds Hydro Dam for Africas Great Lakes Region
2013-08-13 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The World Bank has approved US$340 million for the long-planned Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project, which will generate power for residents of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania. While local officials eagerly anticipate the power scheduled to start flowing in 2017, river advocates say ecosystem impacts of the project have not even been evaluated. The 80 megawatt hydroelectric power station in Rwanda will dam the Kagera River. It will be located at Rusumo Falls on the border with Tanzania, near...
World Bank aids Laos' forests with $31 million-grant
2013-08-12 22:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoSeed: The World Bank has signed a grant agreement of $31.83 million to aid the Government of Lao People's Democratic Republic's sustainable forest management project. The $31.83 million grant agreement is for Laos' Scaling-Up Participatory Sustainable Forest Management Project, which aims to achieve in the expansion of areas under approved Participatory Sustainable Forest Management plans, as well as development and piloting of a landscape approach to forest management, is in support of REDD+ to further...
Why the World Bank Is Taking On Climate Change
2013-08-12 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: The World Bank, headquartered a block from the White House, was founded after World War II to combat global poverty. But over the past year, fighting climate change has become the bank's new guiding principal, as economic evidence indicates that global warming will be a driving cause of poverty worldwide in the 21st century. The bank has become a big player in climate policy, investing billions annually into climate-related programs--and blocking money from projects such as coal-fired power plants....
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World Bank supports Participatory Sustainable Forest Management in Lao PDR
2013-08-09 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial: The Government of Lao PDR and the World Bank signed today a grant agreement of US$ 31.83 million for the Scaling-Up Participatory Sustainable Forest Management (SUPSFM) Project, according to The World Bank Group. The agreement was signed by H.E. Mr. Santiphab Phomvihane, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Finance for the Lao PDR and Mr. Constantine Chikosi, Acting Country Director for the World Bank to Lao PDR. The grant signed today consists of a US$ 19 million International Development Association...
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