Category: Environment
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Civil society commends installation of electric wires around the Virunga National Park
The New Civil Society of the Ruwenzori sector welcomed, on Wednesday July 5, the end of the installation by the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) of electric wires around the Virunga National Park (North Kivu). The installation that was launched last November was completed last week. According to the arrangement, this initiative…
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Uganda aviation firm flies rhinos to DR Congo
Sixteen southern white rhinos have arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo after being flown from South Africa, park authorities said on Sunday, in a move aimed at promoting the long-term conservation of the animals’ population in Africa. The white rhinos arrived at Garamba National Park in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday from…
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Daily weather changes affect fish catch, sales in Hoima
Daily changing weather patterns have been cited as among factors determining the amount of fish caught at Lake Albert in Hoima District, mid-western Uganda. Mr Simon Aliinda, a fish vendor at Kiryateete market in Hoima city, says during dry conditions, fishers experience low catches and the reverse is true. This fluctuation in catches brings forth…
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NFA impounds timber from Bugoma forest, leaders linked
A truck carrying more than 450 pieces of timber has been impounded by the National Forestry Authority (NFA) in its bid to protect the forest that has witnessed the historical mass degradation in the past three years. Mr Alex Obonyo, the Manager for Kisindi Sector of the NFA told reporters, that a FUSO truck registration…
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8 detained for encroaching on River Kafu in Hoima
Police in Hoima have detained eight people on charges of encroaching on River Kafu at Katereiga 2 Village in Katereiga Parish, Buhanika Sub-county. The encroachers were arrested on Wednesday in a swoop mounted by Hoima district local government and the Deputy Resident District Commissioner (DRDC), Mr Michael Kyakashari, after they were found having grown rice…
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Landslide in east DR Congo kills 19
A landslide killed at least 19 people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, residents and local officials in the region said. Local officer Chadrack Mbukanirwa Ndibanja, one of the village leaders said, The disaster occurred in the late morning in the village of Bulwa, in North Kivu’s Masisi territory. He said at…
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Environmentalist calls for more tree planting
An environmentalist Okethwengu Loise senior Forest guard in charge of Panyamur area has called for the planting of more trees in the Panyamur and Pakwach at Large to balance the ecosystem. Okethwengu a climate change enthusiast made the call on Sunday during a funeral service for Atim Joice at Nyamutagana in Dei Sub County. Atim…
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US asks DRC to pull oil blocks from auction to protect forests
United States climate envoy John Kerry on Tuesday said Washington had asked the Democratic Republic of Congo to abandon some oil blocks that it put up for auction in sensitive environmental areas. Authorities in the central African nation launched bids for 30 oil and gas blocks in July. But the move was controversial, drawing criticism…
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Congo urges climate funding at pre-COP27 talks
Host nation DR Congo at Pre-COP27 talks on Tuesday urged rich countries in particular to increase funding to combat climate change during the final meeting ahead of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next month. Congolese Environment Minister Eve Bazaiba called on countries to respect past financial pledges and also to endorse proposals to compensate less developed…
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African climate summit opens in DR Congo
Environment ministers from about 50 countries gather in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday for a “pre-COP27” climate summit, with rich nations likely to come under pressure to rise spending to combat climate change. The talks in the DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, are informal but meant to allow various countries and green groups to take…