Posted on 09 December 2011 by admin
By Isaiah Esipisu*
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 9 (IPS) – For the Laibon community, a sub-tribe of Kenya’s Maasai ethnic group, the 33,000-hectare Loita Forest in the country’s Rift Valley Province is more than just a forest. It is a shrine.
Olonana Ole Pulei’s community is a sub-tribe of Kenya’s Maasai ethnic group. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS
Posted on 01 December 2011 by admin
Climate change wreaks damage on infrastructure, ecosystems, livelihoods and lives in developing countries. Credit: Zukiswa Zimela/IPS
By Tim Ash Vie *
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 1 (IPS) – As climate talks get underway in Durban, South Africa this week, progress on a Green Climate Fund is one of the hottest, most contentious tickets in town. It is also one of the great prizes to be won.
Posted on 30 November 2011 by admin
Kashmir's rice paddies are giving way to horticulture for water shortages. Credit:Athar Parvaiz/IPS
By Athar Parvaiz *
SRINAGAR, Nov 30, 20112011 (IPS) Sammad Sheikh of Tangchekh village in north Kashmir cannot understand why the rice fields that his family cultivated for generations are drying up.
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