From tree-planting drives to tighter laws on illegal logging, countries worldwide are searching for a silver bullet to stop the loss of forests vital for nature and climate protection. After decades of losing thousands of hectares each year, Uganda has…
More than 120,000 people have been displaced, the Kenyan government says, with 22 others injured and eight reported missing. Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, according to a government spokesperson, twice as many as…
Türkiye has cautioned Greece against exploiting environmental issues for political gains after Athens announced plans to launch two new marine parks in the Aegean and Ionian Seas. The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement late on Tuesday in response to…
The President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched the National Patriotism Environmental Protection campaign with remarks he was happy with the campaign since it aims at conserving the environment. The president warned that the people who go into wetlands, on…
Iran released four conservationists who had worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before they were convicted on espionage charges and spent five years in prison, local media reported on Tuesday. The Tehran newspaper Etemad said authorities released on Monday night Niloufar…
National Environment Management Authority, has impounded equipment being used to carry out sand mining on Lake Victoria. The operation commanded by Maj Joshua Karamaji is aimed at stopping the activities that have affected the water quality, and fish, and degraded…
would need $2 billion in aid to help millions of hungry people after declaring drought a national disaster Wednesday. A severe dry spell induced by the El Nino weather pattern is wreaking havoc across southern Africa. “No Zimbabwean must succumb…
This year, the International Day of Forests 2024 is outlined under the theme “Forests and innovation: new solutions for a better world”, the essential role of technology and innovation in the safeguarding of forest ecosystems. Forests are viewed as the…
Plastic pollution intentional or not can’t be ignored. Who is responsible for protecting the Lake and River from pollution? What can be done to eradicate unsustainable human activities? Polythene bags and plastic bottles litter the shores of the once-pristine waters.…
