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| Earths Air Divided by Chemical Equator |
01-10-2008 Scientists have found a temporary chemical equator that separates the heavily polluted air of the Northern Hemisphere from the cleaner air of the Southern Hemisphere over the Western Pacific - only it is not where they expected to find it.
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| Gustav and Ike Blasted Louisiana Crops Forestry and Fisheries |
29.09.2008 Louisiana agriculture, forestry and fisheries suffered an estimated $950 million in losses and damages in this months hurricanes, according to the Louisiana State University AgCenter. And the figure, officials say, is expected to rise. Full Story
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| Ivory trade banned in Namibia from September. |
20-08-2008
WINDHOEK, AFP.
Namibia will impose a ban on all trade with "worked Ivory" from next month in a bid to assert its control and abide by International regulations on endangered species, an official said on Wednesday.
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| Ocean "dead zones" expanding worldwide: study |
15-08-2008
Washington(AFP).
Oceanic "dead zones " where marine life cannot survives have been steadily increasing over the past five decades and now encompasses 400 coastal areas of the world, a US-Swedish study states.
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| Global Warming Threatens indegenous People.-FAO |
08-08-2008
ROMA-AFP.
Global warming and limited access to land and other resources threathen many indigenous people, the UN food agency warned friday.
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| Greenpeace cites rising e-waste in Africa. |
05-08-2008
AP.
DAKAR, Senegal-Greenpeace called on the world’s electronics companies Tuesday to eliminate hazardous chemicals from their products, saying toxic waste from wealthy nations’ gadgets ends up being dumped in poor countries despite laws prohibiting it.
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| UN Envoy decries illegal fishing,waste dumping off Somalia. |
25-07-2008
UN(AFP-25/07/08)
The UN Special envoy for Somalia on Friday sounded the alarm about rampant illegal fishing and the dumping of toxic waste off the coast of the lawless African nation.
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| Kenya: Impact of Climate Change on Masai Families. |
16-06-2008.
Magadi/Nairobi.
Climate Change is threatening the livelihoods of thousands of Kenyans, and one of the hardest hit communities is the Masai, in the Magadi area of Southern Kenya, where up to 80 percent have lost their cattle due to increasing frequent drought brought on by global warming.
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| World Environment Day 2008 , commemorated by RMSN. |
06-06-2008. As has been the tradition over years, Resource Management Somali Network(RMSN) Coordination Office and its member organizations commemorated the World Environment Day of June 5, 2008, whose theme was “ Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy, with series of activities in Somalia/land.
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| Climate Change Driving Darfur Crisis-Sarkozy |
18-04-2008 PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday said the war in Darfur had been sparked in part by climate change, and warned global warming could lead to "dozens" more conflicts.
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