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African ‘wall of trees’ gets underway
Three years after it was first proposed, preparations for an African 'wall of trees' to slow down the southwards spread of the Sahara desert are finally getting underway.
The 'Great Green Wall' will involve several stretches of trees from Mauritania in the west to Djibouti in the east, to protect the semi-arid savannah region of the Sahel — and its agricultural land — from desertification.
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Mauritania criminalizes slaveryNouakchott, Mauritania - Mauritania's national assembly has adopted a law criminalizing slavery for the first time. |
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WEST AFRICA: Tandja wins new ECOWAS mandateNiamey, Niger - President Mamadou Tandja of Niger has been re-elected chairman of the West African regional group ECOWAS at a summit where leaders pledged strides in bolstering peace across the world?s poorest region. |
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Network of UN ecological reserves adds 22 new sitesNew York City - Ranging from coastal mangrove forests to desert mountains chains, and stretching from Chile to Mongolia, 22 ecosystems have been added to a United Nations programme that promotes sustainable development on a scientific basis with the active involvement of local communities. |
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news from Africa
- Sahara Solar Scheme Could Power Poor West Africa
- A ‘miracle tree’ that could feed sub-Saharan Africa
- Egypt desert tourists freed after three-day ordeal
- Looted Obelisk Returned to Ethiopia
- Ghana, EU clinch deal to crackdown on illicit timber trade
- Ghana’s grass-roots bid to save country’s last forests
- Italy apologises to Libya for colonial era damage
- Little robin from Gabon is world’s newest species
- Human rights outlook in Togo is improving, UN and African experts say
- Congo Basin passes 1 million ha milestone in swing to sustainable forestry
