Wildlife

 Trespassers won t be hunted

In keeping with the requests of conservationists, Kenya's president Mwai Kibaki rejected on December 31, 2004, a new law enacted by the parliament allowing sport hunting of wild animals straying into

Publication Date: 
30/01/2005
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India

 Poisoned staple

Death, food shortage in Kenya due to aflatoxin infected maize

Publication Date: 
14/06/2004
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Maize, Health Effects, Kenya, Toxins
Mining

 Easy access

Kenya plans to revise its mining laws by the end of this year to allow foreign investors to explore mineral options. The land, rich with reserves of gold, platinum, iron ore, quartz and gemstones, is

Publication Date: 
29/04/2004
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Mining, Legislation, Kenya
Agriculture

 Effective water management by a Kenyan farmer

In Kenya, where sixty per cent of all agriculturists are small farmers with less than 5 hectares ha of land, Peter Saku is an interesting case. A marginal farmer of Kifurusha village in Kenya s Machakos district, he grows 11 different kinds of produce o

Publication Date: 
14/12/2003
Eklavya Prasad
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Agriculture, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Africa, Kenya
Wildlife

 Game for privatisation?

Will African wild land be colonised again? Moves by Dutch tycoon Paul van Vlissingen to buy some national parks of Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya and Mozambique have split the continent's polity down

Publication Date: 
14/09/2003
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Wildlife, National Parks, NGO, WWF, Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia
Agriculture

 Lost chance

Gridlock over farm trade issues continues

Publication Date: 
30/03/2003
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Agriculture, Trade, WTO, Subsidies, Kenya, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, India, Developing Countries
Biodiversity

 Smaller households=Greater consumption

a trend towards smaller households is threatening biodiversity around the world, a new study finds. Both in deve

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
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Biodiversity, Kenya, China, Italy, Brazil, India, Developing Countries
Fisheries

 Fish on the front burner

Marine species likely to top CITES meet agenda

Publication Date: 
29/11/2002
Nitin Sethi
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CITES, Corals, Fisheries, Trade, Elephant, Africa, Kenya, Norway, India, Sustainable Development
India

 The enterprise

Keeping both the environment and economy afloat

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
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Ecotourism, Marine Ecosystems, Mountains, Lakes, Economy, Tourism, Biodiversity, Economic Development, Kenya, South Africa, Peru, India, Kerala, Sikkim
India

 Favourite destinations

USA: Domestic and international travellers made nearly 287 million visits to the 378 parks under the US National Park Service in 1998 compared to the 275 million visits in 1997. This travel generated

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
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Ecotourism, Marine Ecosystems, Mountains, Lakes, Economy, Tourism, Biodiversity, Economic Development, Kenya, South Africa, Peru, India, Kerala, Sikkim

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