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Put women at core of climate change debate
BANGKOK, 13 October 2009 (IRIN) –
Women are being excluded from the debate over climate change, despite being most at risk, and governments should do more to ensure their situations and views are represented, campaigners and experts say.
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More than 1 billion trees planted in 2007
OSLO (Reuters) – The world has surpassed a U.N. goal of planting 1 billion trees in 2007 to help slow climate change, led by huge forestry projects in Ethiopia and Mexico, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Wednesday.
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Thirsty eucalyptus trees get the chop in Kenya
[NAIROBI] Farmers in central Kenya are cutting down water-hungry eucalyptus tree species growing near water sources as a government directive aiming to save water takes effect.
Environment minister, John Michuki, issued the directive three months ago in an attempt to… read more
Early farming methods caused climate change
Farmers thousands of years ago cleared land by burning forests and moved to a new area once the yields declined, say scientists.
Farmers who used “slash and burn” methods of clearing forests to grow crops thousands of years ago could… read more
Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discover..
A lost world populated by fanged frogs, grunting fish and tiny bear-like creatures has been discovered in a remote volcanic crater on the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea.
A team of scientists from Britain, the United States and Papua… read more
