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Nigeria: Compensation for Shagari Flood Disaster to Gulp N800 Million
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:52:27 GMT
Compensation for victims of the flood disaster in Shagari Local Govern-ment Area of Sokoto State will gulp N800m, Special Adviser on Ecological and Relief Matters, Dr.Kulu Abubakar disclosed yesterday at a news conference in Sokoto.
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Nigeria: Desertification - 35 Million Affected in the North
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:10:12 GMT
The House of Representatives has pledged its readiness to partner with the Agricultural Development Company (International) Ltd, Israel and the Federal Ministry of Environment under the Desert-To-Food Programme to eradicate the menace of desertification.
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Nigeria: Sylva, Anyim Express Concern Over Environment Threat
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:01:12 GMT
The Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva and the former Senate President, Pius Ayim Pius yesterday expressed concern over the rising challenges being posed by environmental problems, saying there is the need to seek promulgation of stringent environmental laws.
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Uganda: Floods Devastate Teso Region
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:41:13 GMT
THE floods that devastated Teso sub-region last year are back. The road connecting Katakwi and Amuria districts in north-eastern Teso has even been cut-off.
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Uganda: Country Faces Timber Shortage
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:09:26 GMT
UGANDA is to face a timber shortage in the next two years. The crisis is likely to persist for two decades, top forestry experts have warned.
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Comoros: Volcano Experts Gather to Debate Threat
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:19:11 GMT
Experts in vulcanology, natural resources and disaster prevention are gathering today in the Comoros for the start of a United Nations-sponsored conference examining how the Indian Ocean archipelago can better manage and promote the active volcano that dominates the main island in the chain.
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Nigeria: Abia Varsity Seeks N290 Million to Fight Erosion
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:35:10 GMT
Erosion remains a menace threatening the Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) and would require over N290 million to find a lasting solution to it. The Vice-chancellor, Prof Mkpa A. Mkpa, who made this known in his address at the 19th convocation ceremony of the university, expressed worry that if urgent action was not taken, the university might lose its major infrastructural facilities.
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Uganda: Tobacco Farmers Deplete Trees
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:05:25 GMT
THE cutting of trees for tobacco-curing, and charcoal-burning have contributed to the depletion of trees in West Nile, the Arua district forest officer, Edison Adiribo, has said.
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Uganda: Harmful Plants Spreading Nationwide
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:05:16 GMT
SCIENTISTS have warned that infestation of habitats by harmful weeds has reached crisis proportions in many parts of Uganda, posing a threat to many livelihoods.
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Southern Africa: Chiefs Launch 'Save Zambezi' Campaign
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:23:44 GMT
CONCERNED that its people, wildlife and natural heritage are under unparalled and imminent threat from mining activities, 17 chiefdoms in the Zambezi basin from Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique have come together to call for urgent action, that of saving the Great Zambezi.
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