Countries around the world are pursuing environmental management at various levels and employing a range of strategies. However, available evidence suggests that environmental policy in developing countries remains largely incoherent. Developing countries need rationalized environmental policies. These are lacking mainly because poverty and socioeconomic needs are often seen as more... [view entry]

More than one hundred Environment Ministers are set to meet in Nairobi on 16 to 20 February 2009 for the United Nations Environment Programme’s annual Governing Council meeting. The high-level meeting comes on the heels of an eventful year which saw further evidence of global warming, food shortages and the... [view entry]

Photo: Justo Casal Girls such as these are at great risk of FGM in several districts in the country NAIROBI, 17 December 2008 (IRIN) - Hundreds of girls between seven and 17 are seeking refuge in church compounds in western Kenya to avoid the ritual removal of their clitorises, a... [view entry]

Photo: Georgina Cranston/IRIN “They took us to the forest and raped me for days, taking it in turns” KITALE, 17 December 2008 (PlusNews) - Margaret Sichei*, 37, discovered she was HIV positive during a routine antenatal check-up. The pregnancy, as well as the HIV infection, was the product of a... [view entry]

Is this a bad thing? Well, looking at the positives, it’s a whole lot better than seeing this proud creature wiped off the face of the Earth completely! The Lion’s Demise The african lion’s numbers have been a cause for great concern in recent times in fact, there has even... [view entry]

Environmentalists in Kenya are worried that an insecticide is being used by farmers to kill lions and other predators. Carbofuran is a very powerful and toxic insecticide. Spread in the soil, it destroys bugs in the ground and is taken up by plants and kills insects which feed on the... [view entry]

Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN Shared responsibility for prevention NAIROBI, 12 December 2008 (PlusNews) - In June 2006, a young woman in western Kenya died of HIV-related complications and left a list of about 100 people that she said she had infected with HIV. A new law, approved by the Kenyan president... [view entry]

Photo: Fid Thompson/IRIN African youth representatives attend the International AIDS and STIs Conference in Africa (ICASA) in Dakar, Senegal DAKAR, 11 December 2008 (IRIN) - Children in sub-Saharan Africa want to know more about sex and how to protect themselves from HIV, but taboos surrounding children’s sexuality can mean life-saving... [view entry]

Numbers of Projects World-Wide Registered or in the Pipeline at Over 4,000 up from 60 in 2004 Says UNEP Hydro, Wind and other ‘Traditional’ Renewables Dominate but Some Geothermal, Energy Efficiency and Home Lighting Projects Coming Through Wind and geothermal power projects alongside ones promoting energy efficiency and even the... [view entry]

A century-old energy technology that taps steam from hot underground rocks is poised for a massive expansion up East Africa’s Rift Valley in the 21st century. The news comes as countries across the world, from Guatemala to Papua New Guinea, are beginning to plug into geothermal energy as a new... [view entry]