BLOG: Monkey business in Gorilla Agreement
It has been 3 years since the Year of the Gorilla and host countries – except Rwanda – have not paid up? What does that say about commitment to Gorilla conservation? From March 30, 2011 technical committee meeting: 16. As agreed at the first Meeting of the Parties, each Party is expected to pay an [...]
Read MoreGreenwire/NYTimes.com: Food Insecurity Looms in Parched Horn of Africa
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A drought in the Horn of Africa, triggered by the same La Niña episode that caused massive flooding in Australia last year, is plunging millions of pastoralists closer to food insecurity.
Parts of Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and eastern Uganda are most affected. The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that 8.4 million people are in need of food aid in the region, according to spokesman David Orr. Thousands of livestock have already died in Kenya and Ethiopia from animal diseases associated with the drought. The severity this year will depend on the rainy season between March and May. [...]
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