xtreme weather conditions such as long spells of drought followed by heavy rains is leading to toxicity of food, a recent report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP ) said.

xtreme weather conditions such as long spells of drought followed by heavy rains is leading to toxicity of food, a recent report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP ) said.

This paper presents findings from studies in Cambodia and Kenya commissioned by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation to understand the impact of health messaging on the purchase of clean cookstoves.

Biotechnology experts have opposed plans to transfer the function of approving field trials for GMO products from the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) to Parliament.

Air pollution is the leading environmental killer in the world, with more than seven million people dying from air-pollution-related causes in 2012 alone, a new UN report has revealed.

Health officials in Mandera County have raised alarm after 540 residents were on Wednesday reported to have been admitted in various hospitals following outbreak of Chikungunya disease.

The Naga Foundation aims to implement durable re-greening interventions to increase local soil sustainability and regional water availability. When this is done on a large enough scale such landscape changes may also lead to positive regional climate impacts. Naga is developing a plan to re-green 15 large areas in Eastern Africa, creating a so-called hydrological corridor. Four potential hydrological corridors have been identified in Kenya and Tanzania, all four of them around Mount Kilimanjaro.

An Ebola clinical vaccine trial will be launched this July by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), the Standard Digital of Kenya reports.

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Wednesday officially opened the Global Wildlife Program that will look into ways of engaging local communities in wildlife conservation.

Almost half of Kenyans living in rural areas do not have access to basic sanitation, a new report shows.

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