Energy

Bio-carbon opportunities in Eastern and Southern Africa

This book provides relevant information on the significant opportunities that bio-carbon can offer to Eastern and Southern Africa countries to participate in the carbon market, it compiles eleven papers relating specific aspects of the bio-carbon sector.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
UNEP
Tags:
Forest Policy, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Energy Efficiency, Biomass, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Energy, Biomass Gasification, Charcoal, Africa, South Africa, Developing Countries
Climate Change

Mapping South African farming sector vulnerability to climate change and variability

This paper analyzes the vulnerability of South African farmers to climate change and variability by developing a vulnerability index and comparing vulnerability indicators across the nine provinces of the country. Nineteen environmental and socio-economic indicators are identified to reflect the three

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Glwadys Aymone Gbetibouo, Claudia Ringler
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Economics, Farmers, South Africa
Sanitation

Study for financial and economic analysis of ecological sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa

This study on financial and economic analysis of ecological sanitation (ecosan) in Sub-Saharan Africa was financed by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). It focused on a comparison of sanitation technologies suitable for urban settlements.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Richard Schuen, Jonathan Parkinson, Andreas Knapp
Water and Sanitation Program-Africa
Tags:
Eco Sanitation, Wastewater Treatment Cost, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Finance, Africa, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Uganda
Sanitation

Study for financial and economic analysis of ecological sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa

This study on financial and economic analysis of ecological sanitation (ecosan) in Sub-Saharan Africa was financed by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). It focused on a comparison of sanitation technologies suitable for urban settlements.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Richard Schuen, Jonathan Parkinson, Andreas Knapp
Water and Sanitation Program-Africa
Tags:
Eco Sanitation, Wastewater Treatment Cost, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Finance, Africa, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Uganda
Environment

Unleashing an army to repair alien-ravaged ecosystems

After centuries of colonization and trade, South Africa is now home to alien species from Australia, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. As an antidote, a pioneering program called Working for Water (WfW) has cleared about 1 million hectares of invasive species in the past 15 years.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2009
Robert Koenig
Science
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562
Tags:
Environment, Weeds, Invasive Alien Species, South Africa, Ecosystems
Fisheries

World Fisheries Collapse Can Be Averted: Study

The world's commercial fisheries, pressured by overfishing and threatened with possible collapse by mid-century, could be rebuilt with careful management, researchers reported on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2009
Deborah Zabarenko
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Ecosystems, Water Resources, Fish, Fisheries, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, South Africa, New Zealand, South America, Developing Countries
Climate Change

Nowhere to hide

At their annual summit last week, leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations pledged to try to keep the planet from warming by more than 2

Publication Date: 
16/07/2009
Nature
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307
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, Energy Efficiency, South Africa, China, Brazil, Developing Countries
Food Policy

G8 Food Security Plan Timely-World Bank's Zoellick

A plan by G8 industrial countries to boost food security through increased farming investment is important and timely, and should not only focus on production but also on addressing hunger and malnutrition, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Agriculture, Malnutrition, WTO, World Bank, South Africa, China, Russia, United States Of America (US), Brazil, India, Food Security
Climate Change

Developing nations tackle climate

Emissions targets, clean-energy projects and calls for justice are multiplying, reports Jeff Tollefson.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2009
Jeff Tollefson
Nature
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158
Tags:
Climate Change, Green House Gases, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, Renewable Energy, Climate Adaptation, South Africa, China, South Korea, Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, India, Developing Countries
Wildlife

Status, conservation and trade in African and Asian rhinoceroses

Poachers in Africa and Asia are killing an ever increasing number of rhinos

Publication Date: 
06/07/2009
IUCN
Tags:
CITES, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Rhinoceros, Orang NP, Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Poaching, Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe, China, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Asia

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