Monthly Archives: February, 2017

Climate Change

Global heat continues, sea ice hits new record lows

The extended spell of high global temperatures is continuing, with the Arctic witnessing exceptional warmth and – as a result – record low Arctic...
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Health

Tobacco: Kenya court rejects BAT suit, upholds control regulations

Kenya’s Court of Appeal in Nairobi on Friday, February 17 2017 upheld the country’s 2014 Tobacco Control Regulations, affirming a lower court’s findings and...
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Conservation

Cameroon to restore 12m hectares of forest in Congo Basin

Cameroon has committed to restoring over 12 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2030 as part of the Bonn Challenge initiative. The...
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Nigeria to ratify Minamata Convention in March

Nigeria has set March 2017 as its target date to ratify the Minamata Convention on Mercury, just as it forges a partnership with major...
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Water & Sanitation

Zambia, Malawi to benefit from new multimedia water project

The Zambia and Malawi have launched a K15 million project for the construction of the water and sanitation schemes for border posts of Chanida,...
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Real Estate

AfDB injects $28.2m into Shelter Afrique

Shelter Afrique, the Pan-African housing financier dealing exclusively with the promotion of affordable housing, has received approval for a $28.2 million injection from the...
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Agric & Biotech

CIFOR, IPB renew commitment to Indonesian forests

The Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Bogor Agricultural Institute (Institut Pertanian Bogor or IPB) have extended their scientific and technical cooperation...
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Climate Change

UN climate appreciates countries for leadership, timely support

Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Patricia Espinosa, on Thursday, February 16 2017 in Bonn, Germany thanked a group...
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Health

Unregulated food environment: Nigeria is eating itself to death

There is a quiet epidemic running alongside Nigeria's more publicised health crises. It does not arrive in sudden outbreaks...
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Water & Sanitation

World Water Day: Alliance unveils upgraded global water standard

The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, announced the launch of Version 3.0 of the International Water Stewardship Standard,...
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Zambian authorities seize half-a-tonne of ivory tusks smuggled by cross-border trafficking syndicate

Acting on intelligence provided by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Zambian law enforcement agents raided a house in...

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Unregulated food environment: Nigeria is eating itself to death

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World Water Day: Alliance unveils upgraded global water standard

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