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Blog: Environment Archive

Environmental Justice — Using the Law to Protect the Poor and the Environment in Southern Africa

April 26th, 2010

It isn’t everyday that an environmentalist takes on the government and wins. When Thuli Brilliance Mkama, the only public interest environmental lawyer in Swaziland, challenged the environment minister in court, she won and reaffirmed that law is a vital instrument to use against injustice and to support the poor.

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Working to Save Africa’s Rich Biodiversity

February 25th, 2010

The United Nations has named 2010 International Biodiversity Year, acknowledging the continued loss of plant and animal species around the world from population growth, urbanization, deteriorating habitats, invasive species, and more. Last year, the U.N. reported that 17,000 animal and plant species are at risk of extinction and some 60 percent of our planet’s ecosystems [...]

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The Nobel Economics Prize and Africa

October 14th, 2009

Tapping Elinor Ostrom as one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics is exciting for anyone interested in issues of saving forests, wildlife conservation, agricultural development, and environmental protection—all of critical importance in Africa.  Aid for Africa members bring to life the ideas and principles Ostrom identified about how people come together to [...]

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