Tanzania: KAS sponsors the publication of a book on Climate Change
Servants of God through their network of Faith Based Organizations, the Inter-Religious Council for Peace Tanzania (IRCPT), have resolved to find a common ground in matters of Climate Change. Behind this initiative was the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), which has sponsored not only the conference that took place at Kebby’s Hotel in Mwenge on Thursday [...]
Study Shows that Climate Change is Killing Forests
Climate change is causing a massive forest die-off on almost every continent on Earth. Forests are already under threat from illegal logging and land clearing for agriculture. According to a new paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change, trees in forests all around the world are dying due to dry climatic conditions and elevated [...]
Water Pollution 2012 (Event)
On the 10th to the 12th of July, an event titled “Water Pollution 2012″ will be held in Wessex, UK. This is the 11th International Conference in the series on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Water Pollution. The meeting, which started in 1991, has always been very successful and provides a forum for the discussion [...]
Safe Food Campaign March on
Spurred by negative impacts of chemical pesticides and other toxic inputs in our food and farming and advocating a shift towards ecological farming, a safe food mela was organized at a city park in Chennai on June 24. It is part a nation wide mobilization campaign to create awareness among the citizens about the ill [...]
African ministers to boost investment for science, technology and innovation
The first forum of African Ministers in charge of science, technology and innovation in Nairobi ended with a call by the ministers to increase investment in the sector. The ministers said, increased investment will strengthen scientific research in Africa at national and regional levels. Read by Kenya’s Prof Margret Kamar who is in charge of [...]
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