Illegal Trade in Wildlife and Timber Products Finances Criminal and Militia Groups, Threatening Security and Sustainable Development New UNEP and INTERPOL Study Finds Environmental Crime Worth up to US$213 Billion Each Year...
No country has been able to sustain a rapid transition out of poverty without raising productivity in its agricultural sector. Agriculture continues to be the predominant source of employment in many regions, accounting for 63 %...
Recognizing the need to accelerate the recovery of the region’s large volume of invaluable historical climate records, governments meeting this week in Maputo, Mozambique have decided to establish the Indian Ocean Data Rescue...
The Joint Programming Workshop for Central, East and South Africa, Addis Ababa, 13-14 March 2014, co-hosted with the Netherlands and Belgium, was a success, following the one held last January in Guatemala (covering Latin America)...
Nairobi, 11 February 2014 – Start-up social and environmental entrepreneurs who have developed innovative products or services and are working with local communities can win a tailor-made business support package through the 2014...
SOCIEUX , the Social Protection European Union Expertise in Development Cooperation, was officially launched on the occasion of its kick-off meeting which took place in the premises of the European Commission in Brussels...
Sign-up to the 2013 CAPE Conference, which will look at how budgets actually work in the real world and explore the latest thinking on how they can deliver better development outcomes. Bringing together a distinguished array of...
Source: http://www.thisisafricaonline.com/Business/Regulating-Africa-s-timber-s… By Cate Reid Africa’s timber resources have long drawn interest from investors worldwide. New regulations in the EU promise to tackle its...
The Learning Network on Capacity Development, or LenCD , is a collection of people and a community of practice that has evolved out of concern over the effectiveness of capacity development in aid projects. In light of the...
The 3rd AFRETEP Regional Workshop was organised with the support of the Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa. This workshop focused on the following topics: photovoltaic, wind energy, financial schemes and...
