
Rufiji — Thousands of farmers in Tanzania’s Rufiji Delta have been accused of destroying mangroves as they search for new land to grow their rice crops, which are being damaged by salt-water intrusion. The salt water, pushed inland by surging tides from the Indian Ocean, is damaging fields of rice seedlings. Farmers in several villages […]
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Rift Valley — Several years ago, Lakes Kamnarok and Ol Bollosat in Kenya were vibrant water bodies that supported and shaped the ecosystems around them. But today they are shells of their former selves, due to heavy siltation caused by human activities. “Siltation is still happening, the lake is drying up and this is threatening […]
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Ghana’s Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is currently reviewing one of the sector’s major policies the 1994 Forest and Wildlife Policy. The review has been necessitated by a number of emerging issues including institutional and legislative reforms within the forest sector and current global initiatives such as the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the […]
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Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, a fiery and vocal Member of Parliament of Ghana’s opposition party, New Patriotic Party (NPP, Assin North) was in the Tri-State on a private visit earlier this month. Amandla caught up with him for an exclusive “tell-it like- it-is” interview with our editor-in-chief. Pellentesque vulputate, sapien sed dignissim vulputate, orci massa volutpat […]