Marrakech — With climate change posing growing threats to smallholder farmers, experts working around the issues of agriculture and food security say it is more critical than ever to implement locally
GOVERNMENT is working on solving land tenure issues for solar farms after it emerged that some investors were being given five-year leases, too short for investors to recoup their investments. Solar is
Nairobi — Belgium has approved a donation of Sh2.6 billion to the government for the construction of the massive Mavoko Water Project. Speaking during the marking of the Belgian King's Day, Deputy Prime
Arusha — The bill to control polythene materials within East African Community (EAC) member states - Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi - which was floated during the East African Legislative
Districts have joined the government's efforts to improve waste management by incorporating environmental hazards management in their action plans. Ange Irutingabo, the district and community support
Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has appealed to ministries, districts planners, and environment officers to do more to integrate environment issues into their planning and budgeting process.
Residents of the remote Kiwayu Island in Lamu County have for the first time had access to piped water. The county government spent Sh9 million in the 2015/2016 financial year to provide water to the
A recent study found a large-scale increase in the endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog in Yosemite National Park in California. The sevenfold increase is due to fewer predatory trout and greater
An oil spill was detected on November 13th on the Teles Pires River, a tributary of the Tapajós River, in a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon. The spill occurred near the under-construction São Manoel
Grasslands are critical global ecosystems, but pollution from agricultural fertilizers and nitrogen-laden smog threatens to dump too many nutrients onto the grasses. Ecologists applied various fertilizers
There are 14 different ecosystems in Manu National Park, a defining characteristic of its high biodiversity. Peru’s Manu National Park has claimed the distinction as the place with the greatest terrestrial
Despite years of repeated bombing, fires and other disturbances, military training areas can maintain biodiversity and help in the conservation of threatened species, according to a new study. Military
Only a third of plastic packaging used in consumer products is recycled each year, with almost two-thirds sent to landfill or incinerated, according to new research. Of the 1.5m tonnes of recyclable
Bolivia’s government has declared a state of emergency over the worst drought in 25 years, making funds available to alleviate a crisis that has affected families and the agricultural sector. The vice-ministry
Thousands of householders, business people and travellers suffered disruption after almost a month’s worth of rain fell within hours, raising fresh concerns that not enough was being spent on flood defences
The government is failing to protect the reef from the effects of shipping disasters, according to environmental lawyers, who say inaction to secure remediation funds will become a bigger problem as shipping
Canada has announced plans to phase out the use of coal-fired electricity by 2030. The move is in stark contrast to President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to revive the American coal industry. Canada
Next year, Beijing will ban highly polluting old cars from being driven whenever air-quality alerts are issued in the city or neighbouring regions, according to its environmental protection bureau.
The government is being forced to deliver an effective plan to tackle the UK’s air pollution crisis within eight months, after a high court judge rejected a longer timetable as “far too leisurely”.
The Obama administration on Friday blocked new exploration for oil and gas in Arctic waters, in a win for environmental groups that had fought development of the ecologically fragile region. The Department
