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Counting transport losses in Nigeria as flood ravages more states
Posted by This Day: John Iwori on October 12th, 2012
This Day: That the flood that has ravaged many communities across the country has caused enormous loss to Nigerians is an understatement. In fact, the direct and indirect loss arising from the flood is so enormous that it is virtually impossible to calculate it in naira and kobo. Houses and other properties, farmlands, food and cash crops have been ravaged by the flood. Besides, many peoples’ means of livelihood has been destroyed or hampered by the ravaging flood. Thousands of people, if not millions, have...
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Comments Off on Counting transport losses in Nigeria as flood ravages more statesDisney drops paper suppliers linked to deforestation
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 12th, 2012
Mongabay: Disney this week announced sweeping changes to its paper-sourcing policy that will exclude fiber produced via the destruction of tropical rainforests.
The policy comes in response to a campaign by the Rainforest Action Network, an environmental activist group that had targeted Disney for its failure to exclude paper produced by two controversial Indonesian suppliers: Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings (APRIL). The paper giants have been linked with destruction...
Researchers Show Glaciers Are Cracking In The Presence Of Carbon Dioxide
Posted by redOrbit: Alan McStravick on October 12th, 2012
redOrbit: Our glaciers and ice caps are experiencing a little chemistry-based “good cop, bad cop” and it looks like the bad cop is going to make them crack under pressure.
There is little doubt in the scientific community about the excessive presence at startling levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere and the effect it is having on our increasing global temperatures and our melting ice caps and glaciers.
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) wanted to explore the...
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Posted by Environment News Service: None Given on October 12th, 2012
Environment News Service: To strengthen Afghanistan’s ability to withstand climate change, the government and United Nations partners today announced a US$6 million initiative, the first of its kind in the country’s history.
The program will be run by Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency, NEPA. It aims to reduce the vulnerability of communities to the effects of climate change, such as drought, floods and erosion, and to build the capacity of Afghan institutions to address climate change risk.
NEPA...