EU organizes clean-up campaign in Cotonou
KND Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Delegation of the European Union in Benin and the association of Commitment and Social Action Saturday organized a street cleaning [...] Full text...
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Botswana government drills boreholes for herders at Lake Ngami
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana government will equip the Lake Ngami area with five boreholes to assist farmers with sources of water for their [...] Full text...
'Doing nothing to mitigate against climate related shocks could be devastating in Africa'
T Z New York, USA (PANA) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) president, Francesco Rocca, says that if African countries do [...] Full text...
The Gambia joins global action against waste
MSS Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia will participate in world clean-up day on Saturday, and millions of people in over 150 countries will stand up [...] Full text...
Gambia, UNDP sign $2million environment management project
MSS Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Gambia and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office in Banjul have signed a US$2million environmental facility project.
UNDP Resident Representative, Dr [...] Full text...
Smuggler of skins of protected animals jailed for two years
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A smuggler who illegally owns protected animal skins has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 CFA [...] Full text...
Benin to invest over 300 billion CFAF for potable water by 2021
MSA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Beninese government is considering investing some 315 billion CFAF on potable water for its populations by the year 2021, sources [...] Full text...
EU to launch the climate diplomacy Week in Cotonou
KND Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The European Union (EU) will Thursday launch the Climate Diplomacy Week in Cotonou, Benin, to raise awareness of the fight against [...] Full text...
INDIA: Land restoration cheapest solution to climate change, says COP 14
MM New Delhi, India (PANA) - The 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14) that [...] Full text...
UN climate summit aims to speed up transition to cleaner, greener future
MA New York, US (PANA) - Heads of state, representatives from the private sector, and the teenage activist Greta Thunberg are expected in New York to [...] Full text...
Nigerien minister calls for preservation of global, living environment of populations
MSA Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Nigerien Environment minister, Almoustapha Garba, has called for the preservation of the global and the living environment of populations, as [...] Full text...
Angolan ecologist, Adjany Costa, wins Young Earth Champions for Africa Award
KND Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Angolan ethno-ecologist specialist in wildlife, Adjany Costa, has been named winner of the Young Earth Champions for Africa Award for [...] Full text...
Burundi to complete work on 20 MW hydroelectric dam in 2020
KND Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The completion of the construction of the largest Kaburantwa National Hydropower Dam (20 megawatts) will be in 2020, the Energy and [...] Full text...
New water project to end water stress in central Botswana
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Residents of Ramokgonami in central Botswana have been assured that the ongoing US$28 million Mahalapye water treatment plant expansion project would [...] Full text...
Minister applauds Botswana's national archives facilities importance
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development, Tshekedi Khama has applauded the importance of national archives and records facilities.
Speaking [...] Full text...
Addiction to fossil fuels causes climate emergency, say UN human rights experts
AR Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN human rights experts have called for an end to society's addiction to fossil fuels ahead of the Climate Action Summit [...] Full text...
Burundi to sign amendment to Montreal Protocol on Ozone
KND Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi is preparing to sign the amendment to the Montreal (Canada) Protocol on the Protection of the Ozone Layer and Climate, [...] Full text...
Ozone on track to heal completely in our lifetime, UN environment agency declares on World Day
MA Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At the current momentum, scientists predict the planet’s protective shield of gas - or ozone layer as we know it - [...] Full text...
Drought forces Botswana to open exportation of live cattle
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security has allowed the immediate export of live cattle to the neighbouring countries [...] Full text...
COP 14: Conference agrees to make land degradation neutrality national target
MM New Delhi, India (PANA) – The 14th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP14) of the UN Convention for Combating Desertification (UNCCD) ended in New [...] Full text...
INDIA: IPCC told to strengthen scientific evidence of how to overcome barriers in reports
MM New Delhi, India (PANA) - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was Thursday urged to strengthen scientific evidence on how to overcome barriers with [...] Full text...
Rwanda's largest urban recreation park to be operational by 2020
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Kigali city, Rwanda's capital intends to curve out its first ever and largest recreational park in Nyandungu suburb by the end [...] Full text...
President Kaboré calls for promotion of new ecological balance in the Sahel
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's head of state, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, has stressed the urgent need to promote a new ecological balance [...] Full text...
Benin hosts the 22nd edition of the International Francophone Secretariat for Environmental Assessment
KND Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The French-speaking international secretariat for environmental assessment (SIFEE) began the 22nd edition of its annual symposium here Monday on the theme [...] Full text...
Cape Verde produces 7,000 cubic meters of wastewater a day
KND Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde produces 7,000 cubic meters of water a day from wastewater treatment plants, according to the Cape Verdean Minister [...] Full text...
INDIA: Ministers at COP14 in New Delhi call for coalition to scale up land restoration
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New Delhi, India (PANA) – Ministers gathered in New Delhi, India, for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 14th Session of the Conference of [...] Full text...
Scientists make breakthrough in international bid to save white rhino from extinction
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Scientists have achieved a milestone with the successful creation of two embryos from eggs havested from the northern white rhino to [...] Full text...
Vulture mortalities threaten their survival
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Several conservation Non-Governmental Organisations, including Birdlife Botswana, are advocating for safety of the vulture which is said to be dangling close [...] Full text...
INDIA: COP 14 urged to penalize countries for degradation, destruction of land
MM New Delhi, India (PANA) – As the Conference of Parties to the the 14th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) which [...] Full text...
India: Costa Rica calls for paradigm shift from perceiving women as victims
MM New Delhi, India (PANA) – Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, Lorena Revelo, has taken a swipe over the conception of perceiving women [...] Full text...
Zambia assures UN of commitment to environmental protection
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New Delhi, India (PANA) – Total degraded land in Zambia is now estimated at 55,103.7 square kilometres, according to the government.
Zambia’s Minister of Water Development, [...] Full text...
Rwanda Forecasters predict moderate rains in next three months
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Moderate rains mixed with violent winds which could lead to floods and landslides are expected in some parts of the Rwanda [...] Full text...
UNCCD COP14: Time for countries to step up with their NDCs
MM New Delhi, India (PANA) – As the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York draws closer, Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United [...] Full text...
UNCCD COP 14: Great Green Wall partners agree to develop 'visionary roadmap' to support 15 SDGs
MM New Delhi, India (PANA) – Partners of the African-led Great Green Wall Initiative have agreed to develop a visionary roadmap that would focus firmly on [...] Full text...
High-level segment of the COP 14 begins in New Delhi
MM New Delhi, India (PANA) – The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of Parties (COP14) taking place in New Delhi, entered the second week [...] Full text...
Restore land to save the planet, boost the economy, says UNCCD chief
MA New Delhi, India (PANA) - Investing in land restoration could not only help keep our planet healthy, but also be the starting point for resolving some of [...] Full text...
CCDA-8: Participants call for strengthening of the African Center for Climate Policy
KND Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The recent Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-VIII), held recently in Addis Ababa, has called for strengthening [...] Full text...
CCDA-8: Communication on adaptation, a priority for Africa
KND Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The recent Conference on Climate Change and Africa's Development (CCDA-VIII), held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, recently recognized adaptation as a [...] Full text...
African countries urged to legislate on renewable energies
KND Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Participants in the recently held African Conference on Climate Change and Development (CCDA-8) in Addis Ababa urged African countries to [...] Full text...
CCDA-8: Participants advocate for institutional frameworks for climate resilience and adaptation
KND Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Participants in a recently held 8th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-8) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have [...] Full text...
Mauritius donates US$ 50,000 to hurricane-hit Bahamas
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will donate US$ 50,000 to the Bahamas which was severely hit by Hurricane Dorian from 31 August to 3 September, [...] Full text...
Congo: Experts from ECCAS member countries meet in Brazzaville on climate
MSA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Experts of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) met here Friday to examine a declaration project to submit to [...] Full text...
Rwanda 'baptises' 25 endangered baby gorillas
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda "baptised" 25 rare baby mountain gorillas at what has become an annual event to highlight the plight of the endangered [...] Full text...
Botswana to hold International vulture awareness day
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Park and the Department of Environmental affairs under the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources [...] Full text...
Kenya to evict 10,000 illegal forest settlers
DJ Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The Kenyan government has said its planned eviction of illegal settlers on the Mau Forest will be effected despite protests by political [...] Full text...
Congo to set up database for biological research in biodiversity sector
KND Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government plans to set up a database for biological research, an official source said here Wednesday.
Vidalie Jean Frédérique Andéa, [...] Full text...
Botswana Department of Meteorological Services gains global status
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Department of Meteorological Services (DMS) has gained international standards through attaining its BOS ISO 9001:2015 standards Certificate to its [...] Full text...
France and Congo sign partnership to reduce CO2 emissions in Central African Forests
BBA Paris, France (PANA) – French President Emmanuel Macron and his Congolese counterpart, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, signed a letter of intent in Paris on Tuesday establishing a [...] Full text...
Botswana expects better rainfall season after drought spell
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Department of Meteorological Services (DMS) has reviewed the state of the global climate systems and anlysed the rainfall prospects for [...] Full text...
Rwandan youth take the lead in Nyabarongo watershed protection (A Feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent)
TWA Nyamagabe, Rwanda (PANA) - It is on a hot Monday morning in Nyamagabe, a mountainous district, in Southern Rwanda, and a group of young men [...] Full text...