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Kenya: Greenbelt Movement raises alarm over degradation of Mau Complex
Posted by Citizen: None Given on March 26th, 2016
Citizen: Prominent environmental activist group, The Greenbelt Movement, has come out to strongly condemn the encroachment of Mau Forest.
The movement, which founded the late Nobel laureate Professor Wangari Maathai, has demanded for the immediate stop to the destruction of forests and public spaces in Kenya.
“Kenya is already water scarce and facing the difficulties that will come with a growing population and climate change. We cannot afford to lose one square foot of forest cover!” read the circular...
UN wants Tanzania to bulk up efforts to protect fragile Earth
Posted by Citizen: None Given on March 22nd, 2013
Citizen: Dar es Salaam. The UN yesterday called for joint global efforts towards the preservation of ecosystems saying they play a major role in climate change adaptation.
The deputy executive secretary for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Mr Richard Kinley, said in Dar es Salaam that the world is on the verge of the climate crisis.
He told the UNFCCC international workshop on ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation to climate change that nobody is immune from the impact of...