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BIODIVERSITY: Companies Push Hard to Halt Tuna Collapse By Stephen Leahy* VICTORIA, Seychelles - In the Seychelles' only cannery, the din of thousands of empty tuna cans rattling on narrow metal troughs is incredible as they bustle along, soon to be filled with Skipjack tuna that only days ago were swimming freely in the inky blue Indian Ocean. MORE >>
ETHIOPIA: Dam Critics Won't Go Away By IPS Correspondents ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country's electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone's happy. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT: Keeping Wetlands from Becoming Wastelands By Stephen Leahy VICTORIA, Seychelles - Swamps, marshes and other wetlands are beginning to be recognised as a country's 'green jewels', even in a tropical paradise like Mahé Island here in the Seychelles, with its stunning beaches and dramatic granite outcrops. MORE >>
KENYA: Plastic Bags: Convenience Costing the Earth By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - When Nairobi was founded in 1899, it took its name from what the Maasai called the place: Ewassi Nyirobi, "cool waters." A century later, the river has something stuck in its throat: millions of plastic bags threaten to choke it. MORE >>
MALI: Small Farmers in the Carbon Market By Soumaïla T. Diarra BAMAKO - Mohamed Abd Khibé is a caretaker at the acacia nursery in Dialoubé village, part of a project to sequester carbon in trees while simultaneously improving farmers' livelihoods. MORE >>
NIGERIA: Lake Communities Left High and Dry By Mustapha Muhammad DORON-BAGA and KANO, Nigeria - The fittest are fleeing the shores of Lake Chad: Adamu Modu, a young fisherman, is joining a stream of able-bodied men heading south to find work in the southern part of the country. MORE >>
EGYPT: Rooftops Empower the Poor By Cam McGrath CAIRO - In one of the poorest and most populous neighborhoods of Cairo, Hussein Soliman and his family live in a small apartment that is a model of clean energy living. MORE >>
TANZANIA: Addressing Energy Crisis Through Alternatives and Efficiency at Household Level By Jessie Boylan DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania's electricity grid is fed by a mixture of natural gas, diesel and hydropower; however, over the past few years the country has experienced severe blackouts and power rationing in urban areas due to drought and subsequent low-water levels. MORE >>
SOUTH AFRICA: Late Start For Crayfish Season By Kristin Palitza PATERNOSTER, South Africa - Long after the official opening of the crayfish season in South Africa on November 15, the boats lay idle on the beach in West Coast fishing villages like Paternoster. Fishing permits from the Marine and Coastal Managment unit (MCM) of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism had not been issued. MORE >>
SOUTH AFRICA: 'They Haven’t Got a Choice: They Must Go to Sea' By Kristin Palitza speaks to NAOMI CLOETE, chairperson of Coastal Links West Coast Region PATERNOSTER, South Africa - Because of an unfair fishing quota system, more and more small South African fishing communities struggle to survive. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT: Fishing in the Sewer By Cam McGrath* - IPS/IFEJ CAIRO - After four hours on the Nile in a rowboat with his two sons, fisher Hussein Abdel Malek tallies the morning catch: a plastic water bottle, an empty juice box, a half dozen plastic bags and two small tilapia. MORE >>
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