Locusts invasion a threat to food security in East Africa region warns UN agriculture agency FAO
Locusts can devastate crops and pastures. PHOTO/GIAMPIERO DIANA/FAO Key facts on Locusts Locusts are the oldest migratory pest in the world. They differ from ordinary grasshoppers in their ability to gregarize, or change behaviour, and form swarms that can migrate over large distances. The most devastating...
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UNESCO set to review status of Lamu as a world heritage site over plans for a coal plant
Lamu Old Town. PHOTO/WORLD MONUMENTS FUND By OUR CORRESPONDENT UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee will finalise its recommendations regarding the threat of large-scale infrastructure projects to Kenya’s Lamu Old Town and its world heritage status. In a damning draft decision, which...
Activists demand for a fossil free environment as they celebrate Africa Day
Lamu residents march through the town’s streets to oppose plans by the Kenya government to construct a coal plant in...
1 million plant and animal species under threat of extinction globally says new report
More than 40 percent of amphibian species, almost 33 percent of reefforming corals and more than a third of all...
IMO launches new global project to reduce maritime greenhouse gas emissions
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim and Mr Sveinung Oftedal, Specialist Director of the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment shake hands...
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New Report: Climate crisis “affecting and fuelling discontent” around the globe
The authors of the 2020 WESP report say that it is not enough to...
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