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Congo Drummed		24 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Congo Drummed The Ebola virus may be wiping out a number of endangered western lowland gorillas in the conflict-torn border region between Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. An Ebola outbreak in the area has killed hundreds of people in recent years, and perhaps thousands of gorillas, say scientists. "Chimpanzees and gorillas are already endangered, and Ebola adds yet another threat to those already facing these species, ...
Topics: Africa, wildlife (all these topics)

My Abalone Has a First Name		06 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
My Abalone Has a First Name The word "abalone" probably doesn't bring to mind the same connotations as, say, "heroin" -- but conservationists in South Africa say that illegal trade in the ocean mollusk has wreaked the kind of havoc usually associated with narcotics, bringing guns, gangs, and violence to previously peaceful communities. Abalone is a prized gourmet food in much of Asia, and the market for it ...
Topics: Africa, marine life, wildlife (all these topics)

Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers		06 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers Invasive species are wreaking havoc on African wetlands to the tune of billions of dollars per year, according to a new study by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). For example, the water hyacinth, introduced from the Amazon Basin as an ornamental plant, has spread to most of Africa's lakes and rivers, choking out ...
Topics: Africa, lakes, marine life, rivers and watersheds, Texas, wetlands, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

Lead Us Not		24 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Lead Us Not Ninety percent of the global gasoline supply is unleaded -- but the majority of the remaining 10 percent is consumed in developing nations. That's bad news for citizens of those countries because leaded fuel is associated with neurological damage, particularly in children. Now, though, there's some good news from the United Nations Environment Programme: Most of the Africa ...
Topics: Africa, health, placemaking, toxics, United Nations, water pollution (all these topics)

Big Ban Boom		10 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Big Ban Boom Robert Zoellick, the Bush administration's chief trade official, is calling on the U.S. to challenge the European Union's ban on genetically modified food. Zoellick claims the ban is both scientifically backward and "immoral," arguing that it deprives starving people in the developing world of food. The U.S. and t ...
Topics: Africa, European Union, globalization, GMOs, health, politics, population, United States, World Trade Organization (all these topics)

The Rain in Lesotho Caused Mainly Lots of Pain		07 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
The Rain in Lesotho Caused Mainly Lots of Pain Rain. Drought. Hailstorms. Tornadoes. Frost. You'd be hard-pressed to name a weather phenomenon that hasn't afflicted the African kingdom of Lesotho in recent times, destroying its crops and leaving one-third of its 2.1 million people on the brink of starvation. Now, many scientists are saying that those people, along with nearly 40 million other Africans fac ...
Topics: Africa, climate, food and agriculture, population (all these topics)

99 and 44/100 Percent Confusing		04 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
99 and 44/100 Percent Confusing Five southern African nations are requesting permission to resume ivory trading at an international conference that begins today in Santiago, Chile. They are asking the 160 countries that have signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species to allow them to clear out stockpiles -- mainly from elephants that died naturally -- and to sell 14 tons mor ...
Topics: Africa, business, India, Kenya, South Africa, wildlife (all these topics)

Pick Your Poison		06 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Pick Your Poison In the First World, debate over genetically modified (GM) foods is about differing ideologies; in southern Africa, where famine is deepening its grip, it is about life and death. The U.S. has offered to provide emergency food aid in the form of corn to seven stricken African countries, but some of that corn has been genetically modified. That leaves the governments of those nati ...
Topics: Africa, business, GMOs, health, population, United States (all these topics)

Zoo Zoo Zooma Zoom		29 Jul 2002	Daily Grist
Zoo Zoo Zooma Zoom Sure, that little kitten at the animal rescue shelter is cute, but have you ever considered an orangutan? Hopefully not -- but far too many people have, fueling an illegal primate market in Nigeria, the country that conservationists say does the most trade in endangered species on the African continent. The animals are brought to market by poachers, then purchased by affluent customers who want them for public and privat ...
Topics: Africa, wildlife (all these topics)

The Rainless Maker		22 Jul 2002	Daily Grist
The Rainless Maker From 1970 to 1985, a wide swath of Africa lay under the siege of a brutal drought that ultimately left 1.2 million dead. Now, a group of scientists from Australia and Canada says the deadly drought may have been caused in part by pollution from factories and power plants in North America, Europe, and Asia. In a process known as teleconnection, tiny aerosols -- in this case, particles of sulfur dioxid ...
Topics: Africa, climate, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Taylor-made Destruction		04 Jun 2002	Daily Grist
Taylor-made Destruction Charles Taylor, the president of Liberia, has spread instability within his nation's borders and helped foment a brutal civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone. To fund the fighting, he has exploited his country's natural resources. At first, it was diamonds -- but as internati ...
Topics: Africa, business, Colombia, deforestation, environmental non-government organizations, land stewardship, Liberia, logging, national parks, Sierra Leone (all these topics)

Mozam-piqued		16 May 2002	Daily Grist
Mozam-piqued Mozambique has decided to proceed with a $520 million plan to build a harbor and industrial free-trade zone on its pristine southern coast, a decision that has outraged environmentalists. The plan seems likely to put an end to efforts to establish a transnational conservation area stretching from St. Lucia in South Africa through Swaziland and into the Maputo Elephant ...
Topics: Africa, land stewardship, marine life, Mozambique, placemaking, wildlife (all these topics)

Rwandering Fools?		14 May 2002	Daily Grist
Rwandering Fools? Tragically, education seems to have been insufficient to protect animals in Rwanda, where poachers last week killed two of the world's last remaining mountain gorillas. The poachers were attempting to capture and sell baby gorillas. According to Rwandan wildlife conservation officials, two men killed two female gorillas and trapped one baby gorilla, in the first such attack since 1985. The men are in custody, but ...
Topics: Africa, Rwanda, wildlife (all these topics)

Fire Walk With Me		10 May 2002	Daily Grist
Fire Walk With Me Fires being deliberately set all across Africa are having a dire effect on the continent's ecosystems, a wildlife expert warned during a recent U.N. Environment Programme conference on African mountains. Many different groups are responsible for setting the fires, said Kenya Wildlife Service warden Bongo Woodley. These include arsonists hoping the government will give them the scorched land; squatters seeking ...
Topics: Africa, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

On the Water Front		22 Mar 2002	Daily Grist
On the Water Front More than 2.7 billion people will experience severe water shortages by 2025 if the world continues to consume water at the current rate, according to a U.N. report released today, which happens to be World Water Day. The report goes on to say that another 2.5 billion may be living in areas where it will be difficult or near impossible to meet their water needs. (Yep, two out of three peopl ...
Topics: Africa, Asia, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

Ecotour De Force		21 Mar 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: Africa, travel (all these topics)

Graze Under Pressure		19 Mar 2002	Daily Grist
Graze Under Pressure Erosion, salinization, urbanization, and unsustainable agricultural practices are causing desertification in many parts of the planet, according to delegates at a weekend conference in Egypt. Desertification is the process by which the water and nutrients needed to sustain diverse plant and animal life are drained from the soil. British scientist Brian Johnson blamed the problem in part on intensive farm ...
Topics: Africa, Asia, land degradation (all these topics)

Kenya Believe It?		20 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Kenya Believe It? If Kenya gets its way, water distribution in east Africa could change dramatically: The nation's energy minister, Raila Odinga, has called for a review of the 1929 British colonial treaty that grants Egypt the right to veto projects involving use of the headwaters of the Nile. Od ...
Topics: Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, globalization, international government agencies, Kenya, Middle East, Nile River, rivers and watersheds, Sudan, water conflicts (all these topics)

Kenya Opener		08 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Kenya Opener Even though Kenya is a major food exporter, it hasn't reaped much benefit from the $20 billion-per-year global market in organic foods. Now some farmers and nonprofits in the African nation are trying to change that. Many Kenyans already grow their crops without chemical inputs, but up till now, not a single one has been certified as an organic ...
Topics: Africa, commercial and industry organizations, food and agriculture, globalization, GMOs, Kenya (all these topics)

Area 51		04 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Area 51 Fair-to-middling was the U.S. ranking in a new study, presented at the World Economic Forum last week in New York, that rated the environmental health of 142 countries. In the study, conducted by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University, the U.S. came in ...
Topics: Africa, Asia, Canada, European Union, globalization, green living, Middle East, United States (all these topics)

Red Rose		01 Feb 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: Africa, deforestation, education, food and agriculture, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

I Believe in a Town Called 'Without Hope'		18 Jan 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: Africa, business, globalization, green living, Kenya, recycling (all these topics)

Reserve Judgment		06 Dec 2001	Daily Grist
Reserve Judgment Concerned about threats to Africa's remaining rainforest, the New York City-based Wildlife Conservation Society has been forming closer ties with logging companies. The group believes that in some cases, working hand-in-hand with loggers is the best way to protect what's left. Last year, the group helped negotiate a deal that traded away 260 square miles of the 2,000-square-mile Lope ...
Topics: Africa, Congo, Gabon, logging, New York, rainforests (all these topics)

Lake It or Not		12 Nov 2001	Daily Grist
Lake It or Not Overuse and pollution of the world's lakes threaten nearly 1 billion people who depend on lake water for fishing, irrigation, transportation, tourism, sewage, and drinking water, global experts said during an international conference on lake management being held this week in Japan. More than half of the world's lakes and reservoirs are alr ...
Topics: Africa, Aral Sea, Florida, Great Lakes, Lake Victoria, lakes, North America, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Hang In, Chad		23 Oct 2001	Daily Grist
Hang In, Chad Nearly 10 percent of African bird species are threatened with extinction, according to a newly completed eight-year study published by BirdLife International, an international coalition of conservation groups. The study said many of the species could be saved if 7 percent of the African continent was protected. It identified 1,228 important bird areas, and found that 51 percent of them were threatened by the expansion ...
Topics: Africa, Chad, wildlife (all these topics)

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