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Delft to Host 1st Water Integrity Forum in June

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The first ever international forum on water integrity dubbed Water Integrity Forum, takes place in Delft, the Netherlands from June 5, 2013 to June 7, 2013. Co-organised by the Water Integrity Network (WIN), Water Governance Centre (WGC) and UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, the three-day conference is meant to address the need for extending More...

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On Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
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Water to become the main focus in 2013′s International Biodiversity Day

  The world marks International Biodiversity Day tomorrow, May 22 with the theme, “Water and Biodiversity”. Commemoration of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) every year on 22 May since More...

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On Saturday, May 18th, 2013
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Daily Open Defecation Hits Over 5.7 million In Ghana

Open defecating In just two years it will be time for reckoning, when countries belonging to the United Nations gather to compare notes on how they have fared in 25 years since they set targets for themselves with More...

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On Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
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Forestry Commission clears Salvage Permit irregularities

The Forestry Commission (FC) has stated that the functions of Salvage Permits issued to contractors to harvest trees from areas being used for development purposes does not restrict the sale of such timber to only More...

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On Sunday, May 12th, 2013
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Eradicating Galamsey Is The Responsibility Of All – Minister

Hon Inusah Fuseini (Second Left) Making A Point At The Meeting Flanked By Hon. Barbara Asamoah , Deputy Minister (Left), Alhaji Baba Ahmed (Second Right) Mr Larmi, Technical Director For Nassm(Right) Hon. Alhaji More...

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On Sunday, May 12th, 2013
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Climate change mitigation gets big boost

Jigawa Government said on Thursday that it had planted 15 million trees as parts of  measures aimed at controlling desertification and climate change. The state Director of Forestry, Malam Idris Umar, disclosed More...

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On Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
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West African countries must handle climate change issues with all seriousness

  West African countries must tackle the issue of climate change as it has the potential to hinder access to water resources in the sub-region, Mr Hama Arba Diallo, Chair of the Global Water Partnership West More...

On Monday, April 15th, 2013
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climate change threatens farmers of Garu

Farmers, assembly members and chiefs in the Garu Tempane District have held a meeting to discuss various strategies to be adopted to mitigate the effects of the coming rains. Fearing the effects of climate change, More...

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On Friday, April 12th, 2013
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Renewable energy drive gains pace in Morocco

Ambitious plans to increase renewables in Morocco’s energy mix have taken another step closer to completion, following the announcement that Africa’s second-largest wind farm is to be built in the south of the More...

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On Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
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Zoomlion Begins Exportation Of Plastics

Journalists were yesterday taken around the Accra Compost Recycling Plant (ACARP) at Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West Municipal Assembly of the Greater Accra Region to observe how Zoomlion Company Limited has begun exporting More...





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