Uganda: Wetlands Down 30 Percent in 15 Years
UGANDA has lost 30% of its wetlands in the last 15 years, according to the Wetlands Commissioner Paul Mafabi.
Mafabi said wetlands covered 15% of Uganda in 1994 and this has reduced to only 10% in 2008.
This, Mafabi added, was affecting Lake Victoria.
He also said the wetlands around Lake Kyoga were disappearing at an alarming rate.
"We have lost most of the seasonal wetlands around L
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Keeping Girls in School May be a Matter of Better Sanitary Protection
When boys and girls reach puberty, their bodies go through many physical changes. But for girls in Africa, the onset of menstruation can bring with it discrimination, unwanted sexual advances and the end of their education. Now a pilot study in Ghana says it doesn’t have to be that way. The study says when free sanitary protection is provided to secondary school girls there is a sharp drop in ... read more >>
IPPC Glacier Melt Error
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has admitted that a prediction suggesting that Himalayan glaciers might disappear by the year 2035 was ‘poorly substantiated' and a lapse in standards. The claim was made in the organisation's 2007 Fourth Assessment Report, which warned that climate change was accelerating. One paragraph declared that the probability of the Himalayan glaciers ‘ ... read more >>
Saving Sub-Sahara Africa a Drip at a Time: Photovoltaics, Drip Irrigation Work a Miracle
Rural electrification using solar energy may find a match made in heaven when linked to drip irrigation. ... read more >>
Massive flooding leaves thousands of Tanzanians homeless and in dire need
More than 50,000 people affected by massive flooding that continues to batter more than 6 regions in Tanzania need emergency assistance immediately, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). An emergency appeal seeking 1,661,937 Swiss Francs(1,598,016 US Dollar, 1,122,930 Euros) has been launched by the IFRC to support Tanzania Red Cross provide emergency s ... read more >>
Video: How climate change is shrinking the river Nile
The water level of the river Nile - crucial to the economy in many parts of Uganda, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia - is dropping. Film-maker Andrew Johnstone follows the course of the Nile to discover how climate change is already affecting the river's farming communities ... read more >>
Southern Africa Moves to Safeguard Groundwater - Southern Africa
Thousands of towns and villages throughout Southern Africa depend on groundwater; but they need more of it than they have.
The leaders of the Groundwater and Drought Management Project have an answer – teaching farmers and extension services new techniques for protecting it.
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Lake Chad: Drying, Drying, Disappearing
Lake Chad was bigger than Israel less than 50 years ago. Today its surface area is less than a tenth of its earlier size, amid forecasts the lake could disappear altogether within 20 years. Climate change and overuse have put one of Africa's mightiest lakes in mortal danger, and the livelihoods of the 30 million people who depend on its waters is hanging by a thread as a result.
An unprecedente
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