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AGRICULTURE: Biotechnology: Africa Must Not Be Left Behind By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - Africa must embrace agricultural biotechnology or risk being excluded from a major technological revolution that has had increased food production in the Europe, North America and Asia. MORE >>
TRADE: Who’s Harming Fish Stocks? Trawlers or Artisanal Fishers? By Isolda Agazzi GENEVA - Red tunas, sharks, rays and cods may soon disappear from our tables. Negotiations are ongoing at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to reduce the subsidies that contribute to this catastrophe. These talks foresee exceptions for developing countries, but small fishers may have to turn to other sources of livelihood. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT-MALAWI: Elephants Out of Harm's Way By Charles Mkoka* - IPS/IFEJ LILONGWE - A South African capture team has almost completed the translocation of a herd of elephants from the Phirilongwe forest reserve located in a communal management area in southern Malawi. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT-TANZANIA: Protecting the World's Most Expensive Tree By Denis Gathanju* - IPS/IFEJ Moshi, TANZANIA - With the snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro providing a backdrop under simmering tropical sunshine, a group of women in Mijongweni village break into song. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT: GM Should Not Just be Dismissed, Nor Just Accepted By Stephanie Nieuwoudt CAPE TOWN - After a protracted court battle of seven years, a small South African environmental organisation won a major legal victory against the multinational agri-chemical and seed giant Monsanto. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT-ZIMBABWE: Farmers Go to War Against Lantana Camara By Phyllis Kachere HARARE - Armed with picks, axes and hoes, a group of enthusiastic villagers break into song: "Randana kamara wakaipa, Randana kamara wakashata.Watora ufuro hwezvipfuyo, wauraya mombe." ("Lantana camara, you are evil. You have taken over grazing land for our livestock, you have killed our cattle.") MORE >>
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Groundwater Still Underutilised By Miriam Mannak JOHANNESBURG - Despite the significant role groundwater could play in alleviating poverty, improving food security and contributing to overall development in Southern Africa, a lack of skills, finances and awareness of the resource means only a small percentage of the region's supplies are tapped into. MORE >>
RIGHTS: Saro-Wiwa Settlement Latest Vindication of 1789 Law By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - Monday's settlement of a long-pending case by Royal Dutch Shell marks the latest successful use by human rights groups of a 1789 anti-piracy law to gain redress in U.S. courts on behalf of foreign victims of serious abuses committed overseas – in this case, Nigeria. MORE >>
SOUTH AFRICA: Wastewater Is a Resource By Miriam Mannak CAPE TOWN - South Africa faces chronic water shortages, yet billions of litres are flushed away every year. Being one of the driest countries in the world, the conservation of water resources and managing wastewater should be a top priority for government. MORE >>
TOURISM: ‘‘Uganda Not Just About Idi Amin, Civil War and AIDS’’ By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - Ugandans are unhappy with their tourism authority as they believe that their country’s warm climate and exceptional species, such as the mountain gorilla, should attract as many tourists as neighbouring Kenya. To compound matters, the global economic crisis has shrunk tourist arrivals from Europe. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Long Road to Water Sustainability By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - As funds begin trickling in for Zimbabwe’s reconstruction efforts, the rebuilding of infrastructure battered by years of neglect is set to gobble a huge chunk. MORE >>
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