A UK-based environment group has urged Tata Chemicals Limited of India and its Tanzanian partner, National Development Corporation (NDC), not to disturb Lake Natron area environment.

The Federal Government will take anticipatory measures towards averting climatic disasters that have recently ravaged other lands, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe has said. Kingibe gave the commitment as the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology expressed concern that the country could lose billions of dollars from the diversion of direct ...

Commercial tree growing is a multi-billion shilling business in western Kenya, thanks to the recent moratorium on harvesting of trees in public forests and emerging markets.

As the first rays of sunlight streak into Lake Victoria, Idi Otwoma and his two sons leave their village, pick up their nets and board their old wooden boat for the port of Kisumu.

The International Week of the Red Cross marked in Tororo from May 1 to 8, left a big impact on food security awareness, road safety and environmental conservation among others.

Notice how green the public relations campaigns of multinational corporations have become.Major companies, from beer producers to airlines to automobile makers, want to tell you they're doing their bit to save the environment from global warming and loss of biodiversity.

On the occasion of Tunisia's recent celebration of the "World Days of migrant birds", a thirty year old Tunisian association dubbed the "Friends of birds " (AAO), has issued a report on the important role of birds as best indicators of a country's biodiversity, because of the link they establish between the world's eco systems.

-Spring marks the coming of the flavor season for Tunisian families who inherited from their ancestors the art of distilling flowers. In Tunisia every region is known for distilling a specific flower notably wild-rose, bitter orange flowers, geranium, mint and rosemary.

LOCAL Governments are charged with a wide range of responsibilities including environment conservation. But poor controls, inadequate financing, voter pressure and corruption has compromised the role of local leaders in enforcing environment regulations, writes Joshua Kato.

IT is the responsibility of district heads and local leaders to conserve the environment. They are in charge of ensuring that garbage is properly disposed of. They are also responsible for enforcing the protection of wetlands such as the Nakivubo Channel in Kampala. Local leaders must ensure that environment hazzards such as pollution do not occur.

Disused and abandoned port plants and equipment scattered around the ports in Lagos are currently stalling port developmental plan being carried out by A P Moller Terminal.

Notice how green the public relations campaigns of multinational corporations have become.

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday ordered investigation on the sharp decline of Nile perch stocks in Lake Victoria.He said the study should be jointly undertaken by experts in the Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries and the Vice-President's Office (Environment).

A grassroots campaign to plant trees around the globe has announced that it is raising its target from one billion trees to seven billion trees.

The Committee on Environment and Ecology of the Senate will tomorrow open a debate on a bill for an act to establish a National Climate Commission; in a public hearing scheduled to hold at the National Assembly.

This year's message for World Environment Day, celebrated annually on 5 June, urges people to cut down on activities that increase the amount of carbon dioxide (CO') in the atmosphere.

As Ugandans joined the rest of the world to celebrate the World Migratory Bird Day last Saturday, environmentalists expressed concern over the rate at which bird sites along Uganda's Lakes shores are being degraded.

Commercial tree growing has become a multi-billion shilling sector business in Western Kenya region - thanks to the recent ban on harvesting of trees in public forests and emerging market niches.

ZOOM Advertising -- Ogilvy's retail advertising and "brands at retail" agency -- claims to be the first agency to become carbon neutral in SA.

If measures to save the wetlands are not heeded to now, the water levels at Lake Victoria will continue to go down writes Martin Ssebuyira

In a bid to promote hygiene in Kabale town, municipality authorities have started buying a kilogramme of used buveera (polythene bags) littered in town at Shs2,000.

DARK-brown water has appeared on Lake Victoria near the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) in Entebbe. This comes after the construction of two piers in the bay near the centre. The National Water and Sewerage Corporation and the centre have been blamed for the brown muddy water.

Angolan deputy minister of Urbanisation and Environment, Mota Liz, is since Monday in New York, USA, to attend a debate about sustainable development taking place from May 14-16, at the UN Headquarters.

Kenya has emerged fourth in the world in the Billion Tree Campaign that was launched two years ago, after planting over 120 million trees.

A battery manufacturing factory in Nairobi's industrial area, Associated Battery Manufacturers, regularly sends blood samples of its workers to Britain for analysis, just in case they have lead poisoning in their blood.