Agriculture

African nations to adopt biofuel models from State

Models or prototypes of biofuels developed six years ago by the Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board (KSBDB) are being adopted by certain African nations under a programme by the United Nation

Publication Date: 
20/02/2014
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Biofuel, Africa, Farmers, Agriculture, Bio Fuel Crops, Bijapur (D), Tumkur (D), Chitradurga (D)
Agriculture

India tops Canada as 4th largest country growing GM crops

India has overtaken Canada to emerge as the fourth largest country to grow biotech or genetically modified (GM) crops in 2013 as farmers here planted Bt cotton in about 11 million hectares.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2014
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Canada, GM Crops, Agriculture, Bt Cotton, Genetic Engineering, United States Of America (US), Brazil, Egypt, Asia, Africa, Bangladesh, South Asia, Bt Brinjal, Panama, Indonesia, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Health

Protecting health: the global challenge for capitalism

The quest to secure economic growth, after a financial crisis that raised serious questions about capitalism's ability to protect and sustain the wellbeing of populations in rich and poor countries alike, is the overriding political priority for many governments today.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2014
Richard Horton, Selina Lo
Lancet
Tags:
Health, Economic Development, Governance, Politics, Education, Housing, China, Africa, Poverty, Conflicts, India, Health Care, Health Policy, Developing Countries
Natural Disasters

Torrential rains kill at least 50 in Burundi, toll seen rising

At least 50 people in Burundi have died due to torrential rains and landslides, officials in the central African country said on Monday, and they warned the death toll is likely to rise.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2014
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Africa, Burundi, Rainfall, Landslides, Floods, Natural Disasters
Environment

African Monsoon Project to Benefit Crops and Healthcare

Researchers unraveling the complexities of the West African monsoon say they are set to bring major agricultural and health benefits to people in the region — despite setbacks caused by terrorist t

Publication Date: 
11/02/2014
Environment News Network (US)
Tags:
Africa, Monsoons, Agriculture, Health, Scientists, Meningitis, Malaria, Crops
Wildlife

Wildlife CSI techniques to protect African forest elephants

The Gabonese president Ali Bongo Ondimba will unveil a new initiative to help curb the illegal poaching of African elephants for their ivory. Gabon will utilise forensic DNA techniques from United Kingdom scientists based in Edinburgh to track elephants in an attempt reduce their slaughter due to illegal poaching.

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Elephant, Gabon, Poaching, United Kingdom (UK), Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Africa

African, Asian and North American law enforcement officers team up to apprehend wildlife criminals

The CITES Secretary-General, Mr John E. Scanlon, welcomed the excellent results achieved by law enforcement officers from 28 countries during Operation COBRA II, a month-long global operation to combat illegal wildlife trade, which ended on 27 January 2014. Operation COBRA II was organized by the Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF), China, the United States of America, South Africa, the Association of South East Asia Nations Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) and the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN), and was coordinated by International Coordination Teams located in Nairobi and Bangkok.

Tags:
Wildlife, Poaching, Illegal Trade, China, Africa, South Asia, Endangered Species, Tiger, Elephant, Rhinoceros, Turtles, India, Asia, United States Of America (US)
Wildlife

A metapopulation approach to African Lion (Panthera leo) conservation

Due to anthropogenic pressures, African lion (Panthera leo) populations in Kenya and Tanzania are increasingly limited to fragmented populations. Lions living on isolated habitat patches exist in a matrix of less-preferred habitat. A framework of habitat patches within a less-suitable matrix describes a metapopulation. Metapopulation analysis can provide insight into the dynamics of each population patch in reference to the system as a whole, and these analyses often guide conservation planning. We present the first metapopulation analysis of African lions.

Publication Date: 
05/02/2014
Stephanie Dolrenry, Jennifer Stenglein, Leela Hazzah & et al
PLoS ONE
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Lion, Endangered Species, Africa, Mammals, Kenya, Tanzania
Health

WHO Warns of 22 Million Cancer Cases a Year Within Two Decades

The World Health Organization’s cancer agency warned there will be 22 million new cases of cancer each year within two decades, as the burden of the disease falls disproportionately on developing c

Publication Date: 
04/02/2014
Bloomberg
Tags:
Cancer, Health, Diseases, WHO, Smoking, Asia, Africa
Climate Change

UN appeals for Sahel aid as conflict, climate change take their toll

The United Nations appealed on Monday for more than $US2 billion ($2.28 billion) to feed and care for a record 20 million people across Africa's Sahel belt, but aid workers said they feared donor f

Publication Date: 
04/02/2014
Age (Australia)
Tags:
Africa, Climate Impacts, Climate Change, Aid, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Food Security, Mauritania, Niger, Chad, Floods, Droughts, Natural Disasters

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