http://www.earthwire.org/africaThe latest environmental news from Africa, brought to you by UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Communicating why biodiversity loss matters for people is essential for reversing it. http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/biodiversity-loss-matters-and-communication-is-crucial.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/biodiversity-loss-matters-and-communication-is-crucial.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica 2010-02-05T00:00:00-05:00 SCIDEV.NET African scientists must match rekindled enthusiasm for professional societies with a new commitment to networking, says Linda Nordling. http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/africa-analysis-professional-societies-need-networking-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/africa-analysis-professional-societies-need-networking-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica 2010-01-29T00:00:00-05:00 SCIDEV.NET Farmers in West Africa have asked for a broader scope to agricultural research, a focus on local crops and a better grasp of farmers' needs http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/farmers-jury-voices-agricultural-research-concerns.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/farmers-jury-voices-agricultural-research-concerns.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica 2010-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 SCIDEV.NET Many bednets, distributed to protect people from nightly mosquito bites, are discarded after six months, a study shows. http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/poor-swiftly-tire-of-bednets-study-finds.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/poor-swiftly-tire-of-bednets-study-finds.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica 2010-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 SCIDEV.NET Africa to get access to world-class labs, sunflower genome mapping could boost agriculture, gorillas carry malaria parasites, and more. http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/sub-saharan-africa-news-in-brief-14-27-january-2010-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/sub-saharan-africa-news-in-brief-14-27-january-2010-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica 2010-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 SCIDEV.NET This is a report on the discussion among government and corporate players about South Africa's proposed policy on greenhouse gas emissions. AB http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22805 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22805 2010-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 AfricaFiles Disappointed by the "failure" of the Copenhagen talks to adequately help poor countries adapt to climate change, the Burkina Faso government and farmers are working to adjust farming techniques to changing weather patterns. AB http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22806 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22806 2010-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 AfricaFiles Brazil, China, India and South Africa have promised to increase climate science cooperation in the developing world. http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/top-emerging-nations-pledge-climate-aid-for-poor-states.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/top-emerging-nations-pledge-climate-aid-for-poor-states.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica 2010-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 SCIDEV.NET A project in Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, is creatively using "marginal water" to ease water scarcity while helping residents provide food and earn a living. AB http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22780 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22780 2010-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 AfricaFiles According to the Stockholm Environmental Institute, an environmental think tank, Kenya's planned development path will more than double its carbon emissions unless efforts are taken to pursue low carbon development. Biomass is expected to provide around 60 per cent of household energy requirements in 2030. AB http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22781 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22781 2010-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 AfricaFiles Since the National Council for Democracy and Development came to power in Guinea on December 23, 2008, several mining contracts and contracts for the purchase of military equipment, for construction, and for reconstruction of military guarisons, have been granted. AB http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22782 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22782 2010-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 AfricaFiles Ethiopia's first and biggest hydroelectric power-generating plant that does not have its own dam was inaugurated Wednesday by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and a senior official from the project financier, Italy. AB http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22764 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22764 2010-01-23T00:00:00-05:00 AfricaFiles A study on the African Large-Scale Wind Turbine Market has found that it earned revenues of over $148.4 million in 2008, and a new analysis from Frost & Sullivan estimates this will reach $424.3 million in 2015. AB http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22765 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22765 2010-01-23T00:00:00-05:00 AfricaFiles Livestock markets are behind the spread of sleeping sickness in Uganda, say researchers, despite efforts to treat cattle. http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/livestock-trade-is-culprit-in-sleeping-sickness-spread-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/livestock-trade-is-culprit-in-sleeping-sickness-spread-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica 2010-01-22T00:00:00-05:00 SCIDEV.NET Developing countries urgently need nutritional interventions to safeguard vulnerable people during economic crises, writes Suresh Babu. http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/nutritional-security-is-in-the-balance.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/nutritional-security-is-in-the-balance.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica 2010-01-20T00:00:00-05:00 SCIDEV.NET Luxembourg steel giant ArcelorMittal has been shortlisted for the Public Eye Global Award due to its heavily polluting operation at its biggest and most profitable plant in South Africa on January 27, the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The general public can cast votes for ArcelorMittal at www.publiceye.ch until 26th January. JS http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22746 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22746 2010-01-20T00:00:00-05:00 AfricaFiles Science can help design strategies to tackle malnutrition. The challenge is turning this knowledge into action. http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/urgent-action-needed-to-tackle-malnutrition.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/urgent-action-needed-to-tackle-malnutrition.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica 2010-01-20T00:00:00-05:00 SCIDEV.NET The controversial Copenhagen Accord, secretly drafted by countries of the Global North with the approval of a few hand-picked emerging economies, including South Africa, is green washed capitalism with thinly veiled energy security at its heart, writes Michelle Pressend. AB http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22730 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22730 2010-01-18T00:00:00-05:00 AfricaFiles Grasslands have vast, untapped potential to mitigate climate change by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2), according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation. AB http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22731 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22731 2010-01-18T00:00:00-05:00 AfricaFiles Kenya's ambitious development plans will drive up its emissions — but the country could choose a low carbon road, says a report. http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/kenya-at-carbon-crossroads-says-report-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/kenya-at-carbon-crossroads-says-report-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafrica 2010-01-18T00:00:00-05:00 SCIDEV.NET