Environment & Climate Change
HumAngle’s Climate Desk researches, evaluates information about climate change, its characteristics, causes and impacts, and ways to mitigate it.
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Cameroon Customs Launches Operation Against Fake Timber Export
The Cameroonian Directorate General of Customs (DGC) has launched a special operation intended to reinforce the regularity of timber exports.…
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73% Of Locally Sold Timber In Cameroon Are From Illegal Sources
Access to timber of legal origin is a major constraint to the development of small and medium size enterprises in…
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Sudan Battles Worst Floods In One Century
Torrential rainfall, mostly in Ethiopia, has caused the River Nile to overflow downstream in Sudan causing flooding that has killed…
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Flood Displaces 1, 000, Washes Away Farmlands In Anambra
Days after the Anambra State Government advised citizens to move from flood planes to highgrounds, more than 1,000 persons in…
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Heavy Rainfall Claims 50 Lives In Congolese Mining Site
Up to 50 people have likely been killed following the flooding of a makeshift artisanal gold mine in Kamituga, a…
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Support Increases For Kebbi Farmers Affected By Floods
The Federal Government pledged to support victims of the massive floods in Kebbi State, northwest Nigeria to mitigate the effect…
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Nigerian Hydrological Agency Warns Of More Floods, Food Scarcity
Nigeria’s Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) on Thursday warned states adjoining the River Niger to brace for massive floods due to…
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Gabonese Group Sues Timber Companies For Violating Harvesting Contracts
A non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Gabon whose activities are centred around environmental protection, Brainforest, has sued nine timber companies for…
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Unprecedented Flooding Destroys Farmlands, Houses Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Prolonged torrential rainfall in Niger Republic since July rapidly increased the water level in River Niger and submerged parts of…
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Community Seeks Government Intervention Over Erosion Menace
Residents of Trinity Christain Church Road, Akwakuma, in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, have raised…
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