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UN REDD Missions Partners Cross River
Posted by Voice of Nigeria: None Given on November 7th, 2010
Voice of Nigeria: The United Nations REDD Mission to Nigeria says it is committed to partnering with the Cross River state government in southern Nigeria , towards creating opportunities for the success of its conservation efforts.
Mr. Janthomas Hiemstra of UN-REDD Mission said, during a courtesy call on
Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke , that the state's Forestry Programme was an ambitious opposition to global warming .
He said that the current effort of the state would in the next six months attract...
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Will biodiversity agreement save life on Earth?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 7th, 2010
Mongabay: On Friday, October 29th, 193 member nations of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) reached a possibly landmark agreement on saving the world's suffering biodiversity in Nagoya, Japan. The agreement was especially notable after nations failed--by all accounts--to live up to the goals from the previous CBD agreement, including stemming the global loss of biodiversity by 2010. According to scientists, the world's species continue to vanish at mass-extinction rates due to habitat loss, deforestation,...
As Cholera Spreads, Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc in Camps
Posted by Inter Press Service: Ansel Herz on November 7th, 2010
Inter Press Service: Standing on a raised piece of pavement across from the makeshift home where she has lived for the past 10 months, Violet Nicola threw up her hands.
"Our houses are broken again. I've lost my things. They don't do anything for us. We never see them," she said, referring to aid groups. "Since the water has come in here, we're mired in more problems."
Below her feet, thigh-high muddy brown water extended in every direction along the downtown's main street on Friday. The floodwaters seeped inside...