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Saving Africa’s vultures from extinction

There is real need for cooperation at national, regional, and continental levels to save Africa’s vultures from extinction COMMENT | Fadzai Matsvimbo | On the first Saturday of September every year, the world celebrates the International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD) to raise awareness about the plight of vultures. A less oft …

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STUDY: Cage fishing threatens biodiversity loss in Lake Victoria

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A study involving a number of Ugandan researchers says cage fish farming widely being carried out on Lake Victoria is raising concern over potential biodiversity loss, genetic dilution and ecosystem disruption. Titled “Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) Cage Aquaculture in Africa: Potential Threats to …

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Colombia hosts COP16 on biodiversity

The international UN conference on biodiversity attempts to achieve key agreements, and fulfill prior ones ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | The southwestern Colombian city, Cali, has recently hosted COP16 or the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The UN conference on biodiversity began on October …

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Cheptegei, UNDP partner to boost tourism, biodiversity conservation

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has partnered with Uganda’s long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei to promote tourism and conserve biodiversity in the Elgon region. Cheptegei is the current world record holder for the 5000 metres and the 10,000 meters, and holds the world’s best time …

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Protecting the Ndiizi banana

International group launches initiative to save dessert banana Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is home to a rich banana biodiversity and is one of the leading consumers of bananas globally. For hundreds of years, farmers have selected and preserved more than 80 varieties of bananas and plantains all with …

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Is nature-based investing ready for take-off in Africa?

Conserving Africa’s biodiversity is vital for the continent’s long-term economic development, and the private sector may be poised to assume a bigger role Kampala, Uganda | BEN PAYTON | Thousands of delegates gathered for the 2022 United Nations biodiversity conference (Cop15) in Montreal in December, tasked with finding a pathway to …

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No biodiversity, no farmers, no food security

IFAD calls for a robust and ambitious agreement at biodiversity COP to protect the future of rural communities and food security around the world Rome, Italy | THE INDEPENDENT | With biodiversity declining to alarming levels around the world, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) calls upon leaders participating in …

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