GBM Blog Archive: October 2014

Effective Natural Resource Management in Chania Watershed of Aberdare Ecosystem

October 24, 2014 - 12:15PM
Published by Communications

The Green Belt Movement (GBM) in partnership with Auerbach Family Foundation is implementing a project within chania watershed aimed at enhancing effective Natural Resource Management in the watershed. 

CLIMATE SUMMIT 2014: New York Forest Declaration

October 8, 2014 - 01:05PM
Published by Communications

The Green Belt Movement acknowledges the fact that there is a serious focus on forests. Deforestation is a frequently overlooked source of carbon dioxide emissions and a significant contributor to climate change, as trees, which store carbon, instead release it when they are burned during slash-and-burn land clearing of forests. The GBMs commitment on this path is focused on the restoration of Kenya’s degraded landscapes, knowing full well that our survival depends on the integrity of these forest ecosystems.

AU Commission marks the third anniversary of Prof. Wangari Maathai

October 1, 2014 - 11:35AM
Published by Communications

Addis Ababa, 26 September 2014 – Yesterday, the African Union Commission (AUC), through its Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Forestry and Environment and the Environment Protection Agency of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia marked the 3rd Anniversary of the death of Prof. Wangari Maathai, Africa’s first woman Nobel laureate. The event was commemorated with a tree planting ceremony at the premises of the Commission.

This post originally appeared in http://www.au.int on September 26, 2014.