Monthly Archives: July, 2015

Photos: Peru launches campaign to promote protected areas

At a press conference on Friday, July 24 2015 in Lima, Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar Vidal and the secretary general of the National Service...

Remote control sterilisation of third-world women upcoming

When Bill Gates, along with Paul Allen, began a little tech venture called "Microsoft" in a garage in 1975, he couldn't possibly have imagined...

Climate negotiators issue consolidated text ahead Paris

The Co-Chairs of the group charged with reaching a universal climate change agreement in Paris under the UN have issued a consolidated version of...

INDC: Kenya’s 15-year climate actions to gulp $40 billion

The Republic of Kenya has submitted its new climate action plan to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), making it the...

East Africa’s healthcare capacity gets $14.7 million boost

Sub-Saharan Africa will need to create an average of 15-20 million new jobs per year over the next three decades to meet the current...

Farmers can double cassava yield with improved weed control

Preliminary results from experimental plots carried out by researchers working under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) led Cassava Weed Management Project show...

WHO: 10% of global population suffer from mental disorder

A World Health Organisation (WHO) report released in Geneva, Switzerland has revealed that 10 per cent of global population suffer from mental disorder amid insufficient...

Testing for malaria reduces over prescription by over 70%

Introducing rapid diagnostic tests in Ugandan drug shops improves treatment of malaria patients Using malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) in registered drug shops in a...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming...
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African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts and representatives of civil society, adopted the Addis Ababa Declaration...

How agriculture restored peace between farmers, pastoralists in Plateau

In nearly every community I have worked in across Plateau State, I have heard some version of the same...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into...

African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts...