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10-04-07 Practice Environmental Friendly Strategies

10-04-07 Pollution KAA to Plant Tress in Airports

10-04-07 Belgium's rubbish solution

10-04-07 SCOUL Cleans Up Polluted River

04-04-07 Strange Matter Develops On Lake Victoria Shores

04-04-07 A Dumping Challenge

29-03-07 Ballito's polluted beaches closed for Easter

29-03-07 Toxic sludge warning issued

28-03-07 Belgium Donates 4 million to cover Waste shipment costs to U.K.

28-03-07 Security Agencies Watch Toxic Waste Dumping Accused

28-03-07 Sewage flood causes Gaza deaths

28-03-07 Pollution adding to Gaza's woes

27-03-07 Dump the designer packaging

26-03-07 A Clean and Green Kampala

26-03-07 And the cleanest city in South Africa is Cape Town

26-03-07 Australia's biggest city plans to shut off lights

26-03-07 New tunnel for Thames pollution

26-03-07 Pollution from shipping ignored

23-03-07 New Move to Curb Pollution

23-03-07 Sh2.7 Billion set aside for Waste Control

20-03-07 Small oil spill from tanker hits Italian coast

20-03-07 Poor mans floating home turns Rio recycling model

20-03-07 Mystery oil slick spreads south

20-03-07 Government to crack whip on polythene use

20-03-07 Church is Up Against Polythene

20-03-07 Marooned tanker poses risk to shoreline

16-03-07 A victory for environmental protection

16-03-07 Kavango River Risks Contamination

16-03-07 Oil Companies Shun Dialogue on Environment

16-03-07 Oil Spill Community seizes Shells Cranes

16-03-07 Marine bill to protect UK seas

12-03-07 Cabinda Laboratory to determine Oil Spillage origin

12-03-07 Conservation Campaigners

07-03-07 Banned plastic bags still serious problem

07-03-07 Advocacy for a Better Environment

07-03-07 Global impact of Asia pollution

07-03-07 UN outlines global e-waste goals

06-03-07 Lagos Commences Production of 400 Tonnes of Fertilizer Per Day From Wastes

06-03-07 Taiwan rankled by China litter washing up on beaches

06-03-07 Russia watchdog reports oil leak at TNK

06-03-07 China edges towards a greener shade of red

06-03-07 Asian air pollution affects Pacific storms

06-03-07 Boffin has radical air pollution plan

02-03-07 Uganda Minting Money from Rubbish

02-03-07 Uganda NEMA warns Kabale on wetlands

02-03-07 Dung power quenches energy thirst

02-03-07 N3 chemical spill causes 3km traffic jam

02-03-07 Plastic bag recycling yet to happen

02-03-07 Uruguay paper mill to benefit environment

02-03-07 Denel probes fuel spill near OR Tambo airport

02-03-07 Sun Wind to Power Cellphone Station

02-03-07 The Niger River in Intensive Care

26-02-07 Call On Scientists to Salvage Lake from Pollution

26-02-07 South Africa Sewage Spill Kills Thousands of Fish

21-02-07 Let Us End the War on Nature

20-02-07 R1bn needed to curb Cape sewage crisis

20-02-07 Zeekoevlei housing plan is on the cards

20-02-07 NZ piles the pressure on Japan

16-02-07 Plastic Bags Management Lessons from the Japanese

16-02-07 Topnaars Clean Up Their River

16-02-07 Forth oil spill response would be flawed and confused

16-02-07 New Zealand tells Japan to move stricken whaler in oil spill scare

16-02-07 Oil giant Total on trial over France Spill

16-02-07 Oil spill closes barge canal in Louisiana

16-02-07 Victims of Petron oil spill receive payments

15-02-07 KARACHI Air, Water Pollution at Alarming level

15-02-07 Mozambique seeks help in flood refugee crisis

15-02-07 Questions Abound Over R70m Clean Fuels Venture

15-02-07 Toxic waste deal wont halt case

14-02-07 Carbon goes deep

14-02-07 South Africa: De Beers Fits Out Big Vessel for Sea Gems

13-02-07 WIO-Lab Briefing

13-02-07 Jakarta cleans up after flood

13-02-07 Oil Spill Displaces 10 Ijaw Communities

12-02-07 Mozambique on red alert after flooding

12-02-07 Technology may save river dolphins

12-02-07 School closes after toxin scare

07-02-07 Cameroon Management of Waste Products Envisaged

07-02-07 Floodwaters wreak havoc in Indonesia

07-02-07 Indonesian flood victims face stinking rubbish

07-02-07 Umlazi family battling with sewage floods

05-02-07 Epic floods cripple Jakarta

05-02-07 Nigeria Spillage

02-01-07 Oil Spill Hits Vietnam

02-02-07 Oil slick plagues central provinces

02-02-07 Use profits to clean up your mess

02-02-07 First Napoli load heads for docks

31-01-07 Zimbabwe Water Quality Supplies Fast Deteriorating

31-01-07 Wetland Destruction

31-01-07 Oil Spill Lebanon Update

31-01-07 Dirty water blamed for Harare cholera surge

31-01-07 Congo cholera outbreak claims 43 victims

31-01-07 Cholera outbreak hits townships in Zim

31-01-07 Cape Town Conducts Awareness Campaign to Preserve Wetlands

29-01-07 Aussies to swallow unpalatable recycled water

29-01-07 Five facts on recycling sewage into drinking water

29-01-07 Harbour widening won't hurt beaches

29-01-07 Torrential rain hit southern Africa

26-01-07 Cameroon Oil Leak

26-01-07 Kenya: Environment concerns dominate Conference

26-01-07 Maximum fine over China pollution

26-01-07 Namibia: Omaruru Spar takes lead in fight against litter

25-01-07 Integrated Coastal Management Bill Public Participation Process

25-01-07 The real victims of Napoli

25-01-07 New oil slick from beached Napoli

24-01-07 Mozambican floods on the rampage

24-01-07 Twelve die in Ghana 'poisoning outbreak'

23-01-07 Sea spits oil six months after Lebanon offensive

23-01-07 Madagascar protects its crucial wetlands

23-01-07 Grave concerns over beached ship

22-01-07 Beached container ship sheds cargo and oil

22-01-07 Salvage experts battle to avert an environmental catastrophe

22-01-07 Eco village

19-01-07 Uganda Hazardous Waste Dumped Near Slum

18-01-07 China's cancer villages pay price

18-01-07 Pilot project has house going on solar power

18-01-07 Burundi floods leave thousands homeless

16-01-07 Dusi Race will go on

16-01-07 Zimbabwe: Major Sewage Treatment Plant breaks down

16-01-07 Zimbabwe: Lake Chivero - A polluted Lake

16-01-07 Zimbabwe: Chinhoyi Muncipality Losing Treated Water Through Leakages

16-01-07 Uganda: Water Body explains Water Colour Change

16-01-07 Illegal dumping raises concerns in Jo'burg

16-01-07 South Africa: Sewage works causing a Stink

16-01-07 Lettre sur les déchets à Moroni

16-01-07 Waste management crisis in Comoros

15-10-07 Untreated sewage polluting Harare water supply

14-10-07 Ganges Flushed

13-01-07 Kenya: Dirty Water and Currents...

11-01-07 Rietvlei re-opens for recreational use on 10 January

10-01-07 New Pfiesteria Toxin Identified

10-01-07 Coastal and Marine Pollution expert for the preparation of a TDA for the WIO region

10-01-07 Stricter rules for carriage of chemicals and vegetable oils in bulk

08-01-07 Uganda: Protect Wetlands

29-12-06 More staff sent to Rietvlei

28-12-06 Tonnes of dead fish wash up in Cape Town vlei

26-12-06 A fellow mammal leaves the planet

11-12-06 Waste Management Bill

08-12-06 Integrated Coastal Management Bill

05-12-06 Saving Lebanon's War Damaged Beach

04-12-06 MAP: Floods in East Africa

03-12-06 Mobile Phone Junkyard

02-12-06 Oil Exploration- Kenya Reaping from Rush by Big Firms

01-12-06 Call for Global Action on E-Waste

29-11-06 Kenya: Pollution threatens fish stocks

27-11-06 Special Report: El Nino and Indian Ocean Dipole

27-11-06 Basel Conference Addresses E- Wastes Challenge

23-11-06 Receding Wetlands Poisoning Lake Victoria

20-11-06 MAP action to de-pollute Mediterranean

14-11-06 Sancor newsletter

13-11-06 Zanzibar implements ban on plastic bags

10-11-06 Mauritius Oil Spill Pocket Book

08-11-06 New rules to allow storage of CO2 in seabed adopted

02-11-06 Plastic Debris in the Worlds Oceans

31-10-06 ITOPF newsletter

31-10-06 IOI review of 2nd ntergovernmental review meeting of GPA, Beijing

27-10-06 Le journal I'ONG "Ulanga-Ngazidja" Comores N0.3

27-10-06 In pictures: Lebanon oil spill cleanup

20-10-06 Further rise in number of marine dead zones

20-10-06 Curbing Coastal Pollution aids recovery of heat stressed corals

16-10-06 Integrated Water Management Key to Cleaning-up Oceans

16-10-06 Booming populations threaten East Asian Coasts

16-10-06 Comoros volcano polluted island water source

13-10-06 Kenyan results for International Coastal Cleanup 2006

10-10-06 Protecting the water supply of Grand Comore from future volcanic eruptions

04-10-06 Concern Over Seas & Oceans Despite Receding Oil & Chemical Threats

02-10-06 Post bleaching decline and change of benthic communities of Kenyan Coral Reef

24-09-06 Africa: The worlds 'septic tank'

11-09-06 Visual context of Lebanon Oil Spill

13-06-06 Commissioned Research: Calls for proposals

13-06-06 TOR for a International-Regional Municipal Waste Water Expert

13-06-06 TOR for a National Municipal Waste Water Expert

City waste rising faster than growth in population [02 June '06]

May Edition of the GPA Outreach [Added 22 May '06]

Abstract entitled: Stable Isotope Analysis in Water Science: A Powerful Tool to Track Sources of Pollution [Added 22 May '06]

Presentation entitled: Stable Isotope Analysis in Water Science: A Powerful Tool to Track Sources of Pollution [Added 22 May '06]

Toxic ship's entry into India barred [Added May '06]

Physico-chemical characteristics and pollution levels of heavy metals in the rivers in Thohoyandou, South Africa [Added 15 May '06]

Cost analysis of ELISA, solid-phase extraction, and solid-phase microextraction for the monitoring of pesticides in water [Added 15 May '06]

Effects of industrial outfalls on tropical macrobenthic sediment
communities in Reunion Island (Southwest Indian Ocean)[Added 15 May '06]

Recommended water and sediment quality guidelines for the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region in a nutshell [Added 8 May '06]

Response form: Integrated water resource management plan guideline for local authorities [Added 2 May '06]

Draft: Integrated water resource management plan guideline for local authorities [Added 2 May '06]

Abstract: Development of an integrated water resource management plan guideline for local authorities [Added 26 April '06]

Enviromark and Starlight cruises involved in innovative beach clean-up [Added 24 April '06]

Vacancy for the appointment of a Regional Marine Litter Expert [Added 20 April '06]

Vacancy for the appointment of a National Marine Litter Expert [Added 20 April '06]

The Post-conference report for the WATER '06 conference [Added 20 April '06]

The first UNEP/ GPA and Stakeholder Forum IGR-2 Newsletter [Added 12 April '06]

Durban firm manages closure of waste disposal site [Added 30 March '06]

Simple sewage plant helps to alleviate skills shortage [Added 30 March '06]

The waterless sanitation solution [Added 30 March '06]

Dumping at wastes at sea [Added 30 March '06]

Vulnerable stretch of coast to be shielded from oil spills [Added 28 March '06]

Training course: Improving Municipal Wastewater Management in Coastal Cities [Added 18 August '04]

Workshop on Marine Pollution Prevention and Environmental Management in Ports in Eastern Africa [Added 27 May '04]

Regional Meeting brings GEF WIO-LaB Project closer to implementation [Added 11 December '03]

Solid Waste Management in Maputo (Mozambique), including the Costa do Sol Beach Area [Added 11 December '03]

Solid Waste Issues in Small Island States [Added 11 December '03]

ODINAFRICA expands scope to encompass ocean observations [Added 11 December '03]

National Oil Spill Contingency Plan Training held at Namport [Added 22 October '03]

Namport: Permanent oil boom installed at the tanker berth to protect the environment [Added 21 Aug'03]

Integrated Urban Water Management Symposium: includes papers on wastewater management [Added 13 Feb'03]

A Marine Water Quality Management Policy is being developed for Saldanha Bay [Added 30 Oct'02]

Treacherous waters off the South African coastline claims three vessels [Added 30 Oct'02]

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