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 Stories About: Zambia
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The Elephant in the Room
Hammer Simwinga provides alternatives to African poaching |
Michelle Nijhuis |
24 Apr 2007 |
Main Dish |
| In the 1970s, one of the densest populations of elephants on the African continent roamed the Luangwa Valley of Zambia. By the end of the next decade, massive poaching for the ivory trade had decimated herds throughout Africa, and the elephant population in North Luangwa National Park had plunged from 17,000 to 1,300. Though international authorities shut down the ivory trade in 199 ... |
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| Topics: heroes, wildlife, Zambia (all these topics) |
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Afri-can Do
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18 Apr 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Afri-can Do Seeking to capitalize on the potential of renewable energy sources, 10 African nations are collaborating to increase their combined geothermal power generation to 1,000 megawatts by 2020. Geothermal power yields electricity by trapping steam released by water reservoi ... |
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| Topics: ... Ethiopia, green living, international government agencies, Kenya, Malawi, renewable energy, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, United Nations, Zambia (all these topics) |
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Corn Bawl
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22 Aug 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Corn Bawl In a slap in the face to the bioengineering industry, the government of Zambia has rejected thousands of tons of genetically modified corn offered as food aid to the starving nation. Instead, the country will buy conventional corn from Kenya and Tanzania, according to Zambian Finance Minister Emmanuel Kasonde. Kasonde declined to say how much corn the country plans to buy, or at what price, but he did say the purchase would cover the ... |
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| Topics: GMOs, Zambia (all these topics) |
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