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Kenya Certified Guinea Worm-Free
Kenya has no evidence of active Guinea Worm infections an official with the World Health Organization (WHO) official says.
Ashok Kumar, the Deputy Team leader...
UN Environment:Worlds Protected Areas Increase
By Duncan Mboyah,
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (Nov. 19, 2018).... Up to 15 percent of terrestrial and seven percent of marine areas are now designated as protected...
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UN official commends Sub-national governments in helping achieve biodiversity targets
By Duncan Mboyah
A senior UN official has commended sub-national governments in ensuring that the global biodiversity targets, known as Aichi Biodiversity Targets, are achieved on the ground.
Cristiana Pașca Palmer, UN Assistant Secretary General and...
Focus more on Water, Energy and Food
By Duncan Mboyah
Conservation experts called on African leaders to change the global emphasis for development agendas to water, energy and food sectors. Frederick Kumah, Africa director World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said that...
India: GM Cotton not Causing Deaths
By Duncan Mboyah
An expert on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) from India has told a UN conference on biodiversity that GMO cotton growing is not causing of deaths in the country. Bhagirath Chaudhary, founder director...
Kenya: Water Efficient Maize Improving Food Security
By Christabel Ligami
Roselida Awinja from Mbale in Vihiga County is a delighted farmer because for the first time ever she has harvested eight bags of maize from her quarter acre land. This is unlike...