Kenya

The Kenya Coalition for Access to Essential Medicines, a representative of all non-governmental organisations of the country, is putting pressure on the parliament to pass the Industrial Property

Publication Date:

29/06/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Drugs, Drug Industry, AIDS, Legislation, NGO, Kenya

Environment

Urban rain water harvesting

The Japanese capital Tokyo receives 1,400 mm of rain in a year. But concrete prevents it from percolating into the ground. Urban flooding and acute water scarcity affected the people almost every

Publication Date:

14/04/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20010415

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Research, Kenya, Japan, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Germany, Rainfall

Environment

Voices from Making Water Everybody s Business <br> Talking about water

Water is bound to dominate the agenda of the country s politicians and planners in the future Though ignored for years by the political leadership and mismanaged by a myopic bureaucracy, there is still hope.

Publication Date:

14/04/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20010415

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Research, Kenya, Japan, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Germany, Rainfall

Air Pollution

KENYA

Environmentalists in Kenya have decided to file a lawsuit against the government on charges of deforestation. The forest forum sub-committee, an umbrella organisation of environmentalists, wants

Publication Date:

14/04/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Deforestation, Legislation, Environment Court, Public Participation, Kenya

India

Three countries in South East Asia

Three countries in Southeast Asia -- Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines-- have made efforts to provide drinking water by capturing rain. In Thailand, the absence of foreign assistance for

Publication Date:

14/04/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

9

Issue:

20010415

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Research, Kenya, Japan, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Germany, Rainfall

India

KENYA

The Mau forest in Kenya has become a centre of controversy. Environmen

Publication Date:

27/02/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Deforestation, Legislation, High Court, Governance, Kenya

Wildlife

Cultural perceptions of elephants by the Samburu people in northern Kenya

The Samburu people of northern Kenya have co-existed with elephants since time immemorial. The Samburu-elephant co-existence is facilitated by local knowledge gained through real experiences from direct interactions with, and actual observation of the elephant

Publication Date:

01/01/2001

Author(s): Onesmas Kahindi

Source: University of Strathclyde

Tags:

Wildlife, Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Kenya

Industry

Showing the way

Scientists develop a solar powered lamp designed to light up rural Kenya

Publication Date:

30/12/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Solar Energy, Electricity, Rural Electrification, Rural Technology, Kenya

Agriculture

KENYA

Seedlings of genetically modified ( gm ) potatoes are currently being housed at two greenhouses in Nairobi, Kenya. The potatoes have been genetically modified by scientists from the Kenya

Publication Date:

14/12/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agricultural Research, Potato, Crop Biodiversity, Genetic Engineering, Kenya

Industry