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Africa Running Out of Natural Resources
According to the conservation organization WWF, African countries are slowly but surely draining the continent of its natural resources. The statement is part of a report issued by the organization on Africa's ecological footprint - it takes into account a country's land and sea surface that is used in meeting the peoples' consumption needs. The report entitled "Africa-Ecological Footprint and Human Well-being" was released along with a U.S.-based research body, the Global Footprint Network.
Continue reading...Human Beings: The Ultimate Comeback Story
Friday, April 25, 2008
It’s entirely possible that the Earth could have saved herself what some of my more country brethren call “a whole passel of trouble” if she’d only finished the job… Image from Big Daddy Man was on the brink of extinction once, and had to break into small bands in [...]
Continue reading...The Devil’s Swimming Pool: Swim On The Edge Of The Victoria Falls
Thursday, April 24, 2008
When I was in school, I was obsessed with the Guinness Book of World Records. Not the big glossy one they have now either; the black and white pocket encyclopedia for geeks. As part of my everlasting nerdishness, I was obliged to know the biggest and longest and [...]
Continue reading...Gorillas, Guns and Blogs
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Kenyan writer Dipesh Pabari sent us his report on how Africans are using blogging to help conservation efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Senkekwe, one of the gorillas killed in the Rugendo massacre. Image from Wildlife Direct 29TH OCTOBER 2007 - 1200HRS: “A Ranger was killed and another [...]
Continue reading...Wildlife Ranger Organized Gorilla Killings
Saturday, March 22, 2008
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been one of Africa’s worst horror stories since the Belgians arrived and started committing atrocities and gathering slaves. Image by TknoxB The sad story of a country that has never fulfilled its economic or political potential continues. Recently, a senior wildlife official [...]
Continue reading...The Real Price of Gold
Friday, February 8, 2008
A lot has been written about the environmental damage done by gold mining. A woman in Guinea searches for gold in a makeshift mining site Less familiar is the harm that it does to the miners themselves. The gold that shimmers and sparkles in the windows of jewellers’ shops [...]
Continue reading...Wildlife Numbers Decline as Desperate Refugees Seek Meat
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
There are no real winners in Africa’s many tribal and political conflicts and the list of losers keeps growing. A Cape Buffalo Animal conservation groups say they have found a link between the decline of African wildlife, much of it threatened
Continue reading...Environmental Wars Aren’t Just a Thing of the Future
Friday, November 30, 2007
Some people doubt some or all of what scientists warn will happen after global warming occurs. Cattle herders have begun to clash with farmers in Africa over scarce resources. I have to admit, there is so much dire news about the future of the environment coming
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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