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African development needs good geo-spatial information (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
http://www.scidev.net/en/opinions/africandevelopmentneedsgoodgeospatialinfo rma.html?utmsource=link&utmmedium=rss&utmcampaign=enopinions Derek Clarke 18 December 2008 Africa must make it easy to access and share geospatial information, says head of South Africa's mapping organisation, Derek Clarke ...
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Climate Disasters a Significant Possibility, Says Nobel Laureate Steve Chu (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
Climate Community November 3, 2008 In: Business, Science, Policy, Media, Social & NGOs http://www.copenhagenclimatecouncil.com/getinformed/news/climatedisastersas ignificantpossibilitysaysnobellaureatestevechu.html Since the IPCC report came out in 2007, new data point to even more alarming scenarios. We ...
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New money to mitigate disaster Southern Africa (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79436 JOHANNESBURG, 24 July 2008 (IRIN) In an effort to mitigate the negative impact of climate change, new funding by European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) will help bolster disaster risk reduction ...
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Early Recovery to mitigate emergency response, MADAGASCAR (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=79331 JOHANNESBURG, 18 July 2008 (IRIN) In Madagascar, where community resilience and livelihoods are continuously eroded by cyclones, floods and drought, the gap between emergency humanitarian action and development assistance can become too ...
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Benedict may discuss warming, cost of wars (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
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Mideast can avert impending water crisis, World Bank (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
From: Reuters Published April 11, 2008 09:05 AM http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/34492 RABAT (Reuters) The Middle East is overusing limited water resources and the amount of water available per head will halve by 2050, leading to social ...
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Meeting on the Great Green Wall and Retention Basin (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
From Sahra News http://www.sahra.arizona.edu/cgibin/newsclips/viewsearch.pl?KEYWORDS=conser vation,%20desertification,%20policiestreatieslegislationcourt%20decisions&mo de=newsclipsearch&TIMEFRAME=2y 02/13/2008 The president presides over today's agenda in Mbour Senegal A conference of ministers from countries in Africa's Sahel ...
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EU warns Croatia again on fisheries zone (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
From: Reuters Published February 18, 2008 05:50 AM http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/31272  BRUSSELS (Reuters) The European Union stepped up pressure on Croatia on Monday not to apply a protected fisheries zone to its EU neighbors ...
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Middle East collaborates on seismic mapping (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
From: Science and Development Network, ENN Published February 14, 2008 09:17 AM http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/31183 Earth scientists from Israel, Jordan and Palestine have formed a research partnership to map seismic activity in the region ...
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Mexicans Ask Where Flood Aid Went (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
Corruption, Incompetence Alleged After Devastating Downpours http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2007/11/18/AR2007111800 962.html  By Manuel RoigFranzia Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, November 19, 2007; Page A12\\ MEXICO CITY \\ Long before the devastating flooding ...
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