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Global News latest headlines Blogger Cristiana Soares, in collaboration with net-citizens, launched Projeto Enchentes [Project Floods, pt], a platform for tracking — and gathering information about – floods in Brazil. The project counts with a collaborative map created by Henrique Brandão. January 4 [1] United Nations Billion Tree Campaign reaches and overtakes its revised goal to see 7 billion trees planted around the world, one for each person on the planet, during September 2009. Some 7.4 billion trees have now been planted on every continent. Leading planting countries include the People's Republic of China, Ethiopia, Turkey, Mexico, Kenya, Cuba, and Indonesia. December 31 [2] Bolivia: deforestation rate is 20 times the global average. December 19 [3] topic References ↑ globalvoicesonline.org January 4, 2010 ↑ United Nations Environment Programme, December 31, 2009 ↑ Global Voices Online, December 19th, 2009

2009

• Kenya to build Africa's biggest windfarm, July 27 ^[1] topic

• Deforestation 'faster in Africa', May 26 ^[2] topic

• Extensive forest fires are affecting several of Kenya's key moisture reservoirs including the 400,000-hectare Mau Forest Complex, Kenya's largest forest and the source of water for at least twelve rivers. , March 25^[3] Important Rift Valley Lakes, including Lake Victoria, the source of the River Nile, depend on the rivers which are fed from the forest. Noor Hassan Noor, the Rift Valley Provincial Commissioner said that between 25 and 35 per cent of the eastern Mau forest has been lost so far as a result of the fire. topic

• Mayors of African cities voice concerns over climate change, February 27 ^[4]

2008

• Local authority leaders from 15 African countries have agreed to promote participatory budgeting in their respective municipalities and countries, October 17 ^[5] The local leaders from Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauretania, Niger, Rwanda, and Senegal said participatory budgeting offered the opportunity to address challenges and responsibilities in local development, jointly with elected leaders, the civil society and development organizations.

• Linking sport and the environment to the peace and poverty agenda in Kenya, June 18 ^[6]

2007

• Sudan: Amnesty International adopts powerful technology in campaign to protect civilians in Darfur, Amnesty International, June 6, Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur, Instant Karma on YouTube / Peace

• Aid working in Africa, but G8 countries seriously off track in meeting promises, says DATA Report 2007, DATA, May 15 / Global connections

2006

• Dangerous climate change is hitting Africa hard say aid and environment groups, nef, October 29 / Climate change global news

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References

1. ↑ The Guardian, July 27, 2009
2. ↑ BBC news, May 26, 2009
3. ↑ United Nations Environment Programme, March 25, 2009
4. ↑ United Nations Environment Programme, February 27 2009
5. ↑ UN-HABITAT, October 17
6. ↑ United Nations Environment Programme, June 18