Victoria- Seychelles (PANA) -- The authorities in Seychelles have reaffirmed their commitment to protecting the country's flora and fauna, that form part of the world natural heritage. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Climate change coupled with environmental degradation, has created an ideal condition for the emergence, resurgence and spread of infectious diseases world- wide, a study by the US-based Centre for Health and Global Environment has affirmed. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The executive board of the council of environment ministers from Arab countries will Tuesday convene its 6th ordinary session in Rabat to examine the Arab Zone Free Exchange, trade, environment and the impact of the Abu Dhabi declaration. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- Sub-Saharan Africa would be most affected by the negative impact of the warming of the earth's surface temperature on agricultural production, the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Robert Watson has said. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- In a move to check environmental degradation around Lake Victoria Sweden, Norway, France, the World Bank and the East African Development Bank have teamed up to support a broad and long-term development of the lake's basin. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The Old Mutual- Kirstenbosch Exhibit Monday night received South Africa's 24th gold medal in the Floral Pavilion Exhibits category at the world famous Chelsea Flower Show in London. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Armyworms have invaded large areas of land in four regional States of eastern Ethiopia devouring grain and other crops, the press reported Monday. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The office of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Malawi has expressed concern over the government's delays in approving bylaws that would favour the conservation of natural resources. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Some 50 experts are expected to participate in a conference on Low Impact Operation (EFI) in Central Africa slated for Thursday in Yaounde. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Monday launched a major international project to save the Great Apes from extinction in Africa and Asia. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Monday launched a major international project to save the Great Apes from extinction in Africa and Asia. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The World Bank and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have signed an agreement that will strengthen their collaboration on the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which was finalised last December and will be signed and adopted on 22-23 May. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius National Transport Corporation has ordered 25 environment-friendly buses from the Indian firm, Ashok Leyland. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Around 90 percent of the Mesopotamian marshlands, commonly referred to as the fertile crescent, in the Middle East has been lost as a result of drainage and damming, a study by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has revealed. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Government has halted the proposed excision of 167,000 acres of Kenya's forests until court cases filed against the move are determined, it was officially announced Wednesday in Nairobi. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Just hours after a team of South African divers began beaming live images of prehistoric coelacanth fish off St Lucia in KwaZulu-Natal, conservation authorities have pulled the plug on their operation. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- A consignment of 40 genera of indigenous South African flora, packed at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town, was transported Wednesday to the world famous Chelsea Flower Show in London. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- The authorities in Windhoek have announced the opening of the 2001 Namibian hunting season, specifying game open to hunting. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned about the threat posed by more than 500,000 tonnes of old and unused pesticides on the health of millions of people and the environment in nearly all developing countries. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A convention which scientists say will deliver a healthier world for people and wildlife is set to be signed 22-23 May in Stockholm by more than 100 countries. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- A 2. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), has alleged that sewerage is seeping into drinking water in all the country's nine provinces. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) has announced a water hyacinth harvesting competition aimed at rehabilitating rivers in Nairobi, Kenya. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Unlike the Iraqis who traded oil for food and the Soviets in the early 90s had to trade personal jewellery, including wedding rings, for apples, the inhabitants of a tiny Senegalese village close to Ross Bethio, 300 km from Dakar, have traded sweat for food. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- A delegation of Dutch experts are in Benin for the launching of exchange activities on wetlands, Cotonou sources hinted Tuesday. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Lusaka city council authorities are increasingly growing jittery over their inability to secure land on which to dump the mountains of garbage as the July date for hosting the OAU summit gets closer. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A report on toxic wastes trade and dumping episodes has revealed alleged plans by the US and some European countries to dump 29 million tonnes of toxic wastes in 11 African countries, the local press said in Lagos Monday. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The Tanzanian government is seeking financial assistance to help preserve some rare plant and toad species now in danger of extinction in an area straddling the Kihansi hydropower in Iringa, southern Tanzania. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese and Ivorian ministers of Environment, Lamine Ba and Gilbert Bleu-Laine, have made a final review of a regional project on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through improved energy efficiency in buildings. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- About 20 women of the Balimaya association for mutual assistance in Dioila, 250 km from Bamako, recently drilled in techniques of nursing trees to promote reforestation. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The owners of the Kalahari Raptor Centre (KRC) Friday appeared in the Kuruman Magistrates Court to answer charges of transporting and keeping three caracals without a permit. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- A cache of weapons, including chemicals, dating back to the five-year Italian occupation of Ethiopia in the 1930s, were found early this week at the town of Ambalaghe, some 710 km north of Addis Ababa. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Over 1,500 families in the Nyando area in Kisumu District, Western Kenya have been displaced by floods following two days of heavy rains in the Lake Victoria Basin. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin Thursday set up an authority to be in charge of implementing the UN Convention on chemical weapons. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- In the run up to its hosting next year's Earth Summit, South Africa appears to have put itself in a bad light with environmentalists by pushing for curbs on the labelling of genetically modified (GM) foods. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- A senior Zambian official on Thursday stressed the need to improve co-ordination of the management of data and information to enable the government address the country's environmental concerns. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- UNDP announced Sunday that it was supporting an initiative to clean up the Athi River basin in the Nairobi area and other nearby rivers. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin has embarked on a 50 million dollar environmental project designed for efficient management of discarded vehicles and enabling craftsmen to salvage usable parts from junk-yards. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- At least 50 scientific researchers and engineers have started a two-day meeting in Cotonou to discuss plans for launching the second phase of Benin's network of Oceanographic data and information for Africa (ODINAFRICA- II). Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- A new waterfree and odourless toilet system, regarded as an alternative for costly central sewage systems, was launched Thursday in the Namibian capital, Windhoek. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius Environment minister Rajesh Bhagwan has appealed to the United States government to revise its stand over the Kyoto Protocol before the resumption of the sixth meeting of the conference slated for July in Germany. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The Zambezi River basin, shared by eight Southern Africa Development Community countries, is increasingly endangered, according to a new report. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The sixth environmental impact assessment symposium entered its second day in Cotonou Tuesday involving about 100 experts from member states of the International Francophonie Organisation The theme of this year's meeting which ends on Friday are "energy choices: from impact assessment to strategic environmental assessment". Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- A total of 71,000 hectares of crops were destroyed bye floods that hit central Mozambique this year leaving about 99,500 families at risk of hunger, reports Tuesday's issue of the daily paper "Noticias". Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) and an international conservation group have approved nearly one million US dollars (997,359 Euro) grant to fund a forest re-assessment project in Liberia. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A world renowned environmentalist has lashed out at the Kenya government and accused it of diverting attention from its plan to excise parts of the natural forests by announcing that it is processing title deeds for all public forests. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- A group of Liberian lawyers has organised a body to use their legal skills to "protect the environment from further degradation and ensure sustainable use" of the country's natural resources, official sources said. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Specialists on environmental evaluation in French-speaking countries are scheduled to meet Monday in Cotonou to discuss strategic choices on impact of evaluation. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Twenty-five delegates from five Eastern African countries will next week attend a Regional Environmental Action Learning co-ordination seminar in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) said Saturday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Members of the West African Consultative Committee, affiliated to the NGO, Global Water Partnership (GWP), began a meeting in Cotonou, Friday to review the group's activities in 2000 and prepare the 2001-2003 budget. Full text...