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AFGHANISTAN, 1.5 million "severely" hit by drought (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79295 KABUL, 17 July 2008 (IRIN) At least 1.5 million people in 19 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces mostly farming communities in the north have been severely affected by drought and are in need of urgent humanitarian ...
Other labels: food, management, water, afghanistan, conflict, blog, security
AFGHANISTAN Dust storms cause health problems in west (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=79900 HERAT, 20 August 2008 (IRIN) Unusually strong winds carrying dust from the parched land have increased respiratory and eye diseases in western Afghanistan, according to health and environmental officials. The winds ...
Other labels: blog, agriculture, food, afghanistan, security, health
AFGHANISTAN Severe drought and food price increases cause malnutrition and disease (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ONIN7HJP8H?OpenDocument&RSS20= 18P Afghanistan is experiencing its most severe drought in eight years, with farming communities in the northern provinces being the hardest hit. In these areas where crops and livestock are dependent on rainfall rather ...
Other labels: blog, drought, water, agriculture, afghanistan, health
Africa - Commonwealth Plan On Climate Falls Short (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
Monitor (Kampala) 25 November 2007 Posted to the web 25 November 2007 http://allafrica.com/stories/200711250001.html  Grace Matsiko & Agencies Kampala COMMONWEALTH leaders said yesterday that climate change threatened the survival of small island members but failed ...
Other labels: africa, commonwealth
Africa - Farmers Could Earn 'Green' Money (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks 16 November 2007 Posted to the web 16 November 2007 http://allafrica.com/stories/200711160876.html   Johannesburg Lack of information is the main obstacle to paying African farmers as an incentive to protect the environment, according ...
Other labels: africa, incentives, change, agriculture
Africa - Triple Threat Looms Over Continent's Rural Poor, Warns UN Agency Chief (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
UN News Service (New York) 15 November 2007 Posted to the web 16 November 2007 http://allafrica.com/stories/200711160005.html  Dakar Africa's rural poor are facing a "perfect storm" of rising food prices, climate change and population ...
Other labels: change, africa, poverty
Al Gore Lays Blame for Bali Stalemate on US (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/46015/story\\ INDONESIA: December 14, 2007 \\ \\ {}NUSA DUA, Indonesia Former US Vice President Al Gore drew cheers at 190nation talks by saying the United States was the main block to launching negotiations in Bali on a new ...
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Amazon's 'Forest Peoples' Seek a Role in Striking Global Climate Agreements (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO Published: April 6, 2008   http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/world/americas/06brazil.html?r=2&ref=worl d&oref=slogin&oref=slogin MANAUS, Brazil Some wore traditional headdresses, and some traveled by riverboat or canoe. But the dozens of "forest peoples ...
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A plan for monitoring Africa's weather (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
Scott Baldauf  \ Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the December 5, 2007 edition http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1205/p06s02woaf.html Cape Town, South Africa When a massive earthquake shakes some corner of the Pacific Ocean, sensors alert Pacific ...
Other labels: vulnerability, africa, cooperation, disaster, weather, scientists
Arab forum aims to study, combat climate change (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?editionid=1&categid=1&articleid=875 53 25 professors to lead initiative By Tamara Qiblawi Special to The Daily Star Tuesday, December 18, 2007 BEIRUT: The American University of Beirut (AUB) hosted a conference over ...
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