Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- ECOWAS Secretary of State for Forestry and the Environme nt, Momodu Kuto Cham, has said as the most vulnerable sub-region to climate chan g e and climate variability, West African countries require assistance to address t he most pressing adaptation needs to implement adequate adaptation measures. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Climate experts have charged governments in the Greater Horn of Africa to put in place measures to mitigate the impending weather condit i ons as a result of the forecast that indicates that rainfall in the sub-region w i ll be insufficient. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Increased demand linked to population growth and mobility , to evolving consumption and higher energy needs and to the tangible effects of clim ate change are putting additional pressure on the world’s water resources, accor d ing to the Third United Nations World Water Development Report. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The high population growth in the greater horn of Africa sub-region is impacting negatively on environmental sustainability, according to Climate scientists who are gathered in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa for the 23rd Climate Outlook Forum. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Small Island states in Africa are at risk of being subme rged by oceans if the current impacts of climate change are not mitigated and th e people allowed to adapt to the changes in climate, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Africa has been described as one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change and climate variability, a situation aggravated by t he interaction of “multiple stresses”, occurring at various levels, and low adap t ive capacity. Full text...

Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Arbitrary allocation of plots of land has been banned i n Guinea, according to a decree quoted Friday here by the Guinea Radio Televisio n (RTG). Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Satish Faugoo sa id Friday that the struggle against the spread of invasive alien species in the island is a pri ority because of its negative impacts on the economy, the environment and the health of the population. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Gambia's Coordinator of the African Network of Environmental Journalists (ANEJ), Mr. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali's Environment and Sanitation Minister, Alassane Aghatam, has said that by the end of this century, Africa could lose between 25 and 40 per cent of its natural habitats due to climate change. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- More than 150 representatives of donor agencies, international non-governmental organisations and research institutes have joined forces to establish the Global Initiative on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change, to help the world’s poorest communities adapt to climate change. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A three-day stakeholders' workshop for ECOWAS member states and Chad will be held in Banjul, the Gambia, from 2 March, to validate the draft sub-regional action programme to reduce the vulnerability of West Africa to the effects of climate change in the sub-region. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African environment ministers have accepted a plan to peg future development aid and financial assistance on the implementation of projects that do not harm the environment. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African countries must develop a new paradigm in dealing with climate change to safeguard the continent's key sources of food and ensure sustainable use of the natural wealth, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said here Friday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Environment ministers from 140 countries across the world ended their week-long meeting here Friday with the adoption of a landmark pact to speedily negotiate a new treaty to curb global mercury pollution, PANA reports from the Ethiopian capital. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African environment ministers have accepted a plan to peg future development aid and financial assistance on the implementation of projects that do not harm the environment. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Environment ministers from 140 countries across the world ended their week-long meeting here Friday with the adoption of a landmark pact to speedily negotiate a new treaty to curb global mercury pollution, PANA reports from the Ethiopian capital. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African countries must develop a new paradigm in dealing with climate change to safeguard the continent's key sources of food and ensure sustainable use of the natural wealth, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said here Friday. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The European Union Commission Charge d'Affaires in The Gambia, Mrs. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former US Vice-President Al Gore have called on world leaders to launch a 21st century revolution of green growth. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The European Union Commission Charge d'Affaires in The Gambia, Mrs. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) will grant Congo CFA F 16. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) will grant Congo CFA F 16. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibia is on flood alert following incessant rains in mostly the northern and eastern parts of the country, which have raised the spectre of yet another season of flooding and poor harvests. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The UN Programme for Environment (UNEP) and US-based applied computer technology specialists, Microsoft, here on Tuesday signed a series of agreements aimed at the integration of Communication and Information Technologies (TIC) as durable lever of protection of ecology, particularly, in Africa. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The OPEC Fund has granted Niger US$15 million for the programme to revive ecosystems and the development of the Niger River, the Economy and Finance Ministry said in a statement issued here on Monday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A new publication by the United Nations Environmental Pr ogramme (UNEP) that maps a blueprint for Kenya's Green Development was launched h ere Saturday. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambique is to start another phase of land mine cl earance in March, following an extension of the time granted under the Ottawa Co n vention for it to be declared a country free of land mines. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has plan ned a tree planting exercise for 14 February in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, as p art of activities to mark this year's Valentine Day, the UN environmental conser v ation and management body announced here Thursday Thousands of people are expected to show up for the ceremony, dubbed 'Trees4Love ', and are obliged to plant trees not just for their loved ones, but also as a s y mbol of their love for the environment. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- A meeting of eight experts from Central African Netw ork for Protected Areas (RAPAC)-member countries started Wednesday in Brazzavill e to implement a legitimate and well-structured functioning framework of protecte d areas in Central Africa, PANA reports, quoting a statement from the Congolese M i nistry of Environment. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – A two--day international symposium on the Great Green Wall (GGW), a green belt that would be 15km wide and 7,000km long linking Dakar to Djibouti to halt the spread of the Sahara desert, opened on Wednesday in Dakar. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Much of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Del gado has been experiencing heavy rains, leading to flooding in the provincial ca p ital, Pemba, reported Wednesday's issue of the Maputo daily, Noticias. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- Two-thirds of the world's population will face a lack of w ater in less than 20 years, if current trends in climate change, population grow t h, rural to urban migration and consumption continue, UN Deputy Secretary-Genera l Asha-Rose Migiro has warned. Full text...

Nairobi Kenya (PANA) -- With climate change threatening to destroy coral reefs, push salt water into freshwater habitats and produce more coastal storms, millions of struggling people in fishery-dependent nations in Africa, Asia and South America could face unprecedented hardship, a new report on how national economies will be adversely affected by climate change said. Full text...

Kinshasa- RD Congo (PANA) -- The number of mountain gorillas living in the wars z ones in the east of the DR Congo increased from 72 to 81 during the last 15 mont h s, announced a statement of the World Funds for Nature (WWF, English initials) i s sued here on Sunday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The project of the Great Green Wall has been accl aimed by the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREP) of the African Union , who strongly recommended its adoption by the Executive Council, meeting in sess i on since Thursday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a member of COREP told PANA Friday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A three-day meeting of West African experts on forestry be gins in Accra on Monday to study the Draft Report on Forest Dialogue for West Af r ica, according to a statement from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan wildlife authorities have arrested three Chinese men illegally in possession of ivory at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta Airport. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The French NGO, "Objectif Brousse (Bush Objective)", has denounced a sharp drop in the population of hippopotamus at Lake Edouard. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Global Environment Fund (GEF) has granted US$ 1 mill ion to Senegal to bolster the country's project for soil decontamination and det o xification of lead-poisoned people in one of the suburbs of Dakar. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Water and Irrigation Minister, Charity Kaluki Ngilu, Tue sday disclosed that the government had allocated KSh 678 million to the ministry for emergency works to mitigate the looming hunger in the country due to lack of water. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) – The Congolese authorit-ies are to seek funds from the Leadership for Conservation in Africa (LCA) for the development of ecotourism a r ound the Odzala-Kokoua (PNOK) national park, situated in the north-western part o f Congo, official sources in the Congolese capital told PANA. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Despite repeated government warnings during the Zamb ezi valley floods of 2007 and 2008, some people have returned to live in the mos t dangerous and flood-prone parts of the valley - the islands in the middle of th e river. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia will not slowdown its efforts to industr ialise for fear of worsening the state of the environment and increasing carbon p ollution, but steps are already underway to shift to a green campaign. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Brazilian environmentalist, Jose Geraldo De Souza Ca stro, popularly called "Zé C Pedal", arrived here Wednesday in continuation of h i s trip round the world on "a pedal car" manufactured specifically for his advent u re. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Heavy rains and flooding on the Pungue river are thr eatening to cut the main road between the central Mozambican port of Beira and Z i mbabwe. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria(PANA) -- Two environmental bodies - Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) and Environmental Rights Action (ERA) - have asked the Nigerian government to ensure that oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region put an end to gas flaring as a way of promoting the environment, ending massive poverty and ensuring healthy living of the people of the area. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The Mozambican government's relief agency, the National Disasters Management Institute (INGC), has launched an operation to search for any people who may be stranded by rising flood waters in the Pungue valley in the central province of Sofala. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- The weather department in Zimbabwe said Friday some ar eas of the country were expected to be flooded due to heavy rains. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The International Year of Astronomy will be launched at U NESCO headquarters here between 15 and 16 January, PANA reported Friday. Full text...