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<title>Water tanks spare Namibian women daily trek as rains dwindle</title>
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<dc:date>2010-12-06</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[OMUSATI REGION, Namibia - "The kids drive me crazy," laments Ndaafetwa  Hifekepunye. "After going through all that trouble to collect rainwater,  they open the tap on the tank and spray the water around. If it wasn't  for that the water would last longer." Then she laughs and asks  with a shrug, "What can you do? All children like to play with water...]]></description>
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<title>Climate Change one of "Major Challenges Facing Humanity," Namibian President </title>
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<dc:date>2010-09-25</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Climate change is one of the "major challenges facing humanity today," Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba said Friday.
"The devastating impact of natural disasters around the world has affected most of our countries," Pohamba said here at the general debate of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly, which opened on Thursday...]]></description>
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<title>Fighting Two Battles with One Dialogue</title>
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<dc:date>2010-09-08</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Last week Namibia hosted the 2010 FANRPAN (Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network) Regional Food Security Policy Dialogue, bringing together over 200 African and global policymakers, farmers, agricultural product dealers, scientists, and non-governmental organizations. The purpose of the conference was to address African priorities on food security and climate change and how agricultural development, natural resource management and rural livelihoods will be affected...]]></description>
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<title>Major agricultural forum to sit next month </title>
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<dc:date>2010-09-07</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[WINDHOEK &ndash; The Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) held a regional workshop from August 24 to 26, 2010, in Benoni, South Africa.
The workshop was in preparation for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Africa Forum (CAADP-AF) meeting to be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from October 04 to 08, 2010...]]></description>
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<title>Engage in Bio Discussions - Hengura Tells Youth</title>
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<dc:date>2010-08-27</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Windhoek &mdash; Namibia is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world and has a rich and spectacular array of terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems.
These resources sustain the livelihoods of the majority of people and contribute significantly to the country's economy. Nonetheless, Namibia's climate change and biodiversity is increasingly threatened by human activities, which in turn threaten the various natural resources base upon which the country depend...]]></description>
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<title>Pohamba to take over SADC chairmanship</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-23</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[


Written by Mxolisi Ncube &nbsp;&nbsp;


Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:11


JOHANNESBURG &ndash; Zimbabwe is one of the African countries expected to participate at the second NEPAD Summit - a special business networking service for the continent, which was introduced last year.This year&rsquo;s summit, dubbed the &ldquo;NEPAD Transport and Infrastructure Summit 2010 and Africa Expo&rdquo;, is slated for October 13-15 in Midrand, north of Johannesburg...]]></description>
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<title>NACOMA addresses biodiversity challenges </title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-23</dc:date>
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Written by Lienette Goosen &nbsp;&nbsp;


Friday, 23 July 2010 10:01



The Namibian Coast Conservation and Management (NACOMA) Project, together with other&nbsp; stakeholders in the Erongo region, will address the biodiversity challenges in Africa with a Coastal Biodiversity Weekend on 30 and 31 July 2010...]]></description>
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<title>SADC SMEs convention in Namibia</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-16</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Windhoek - Business women from SADC member states involved in Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) will convene here for the SADC Women in Business Trade Fair and Investment Forum which takes place on the sidelines of the Summit of Heads of State and Government on 9 to 18 August 2010. &nbsp;According to the latest cabinet release, the trade fair will create a forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge and experience for business expansion and networking...]]></description>
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<title>NCCI engages China on long-term exports</title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-28</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Windhoek:&nbsp; The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), which led a 40-member delegation to China yesterday, would negotiate for long-term exports of Namibian meat products to that country despite a recent scuffle between the two sides.NCCI Chief Executive Officer, Tarah Shaanika, breathing a sigh of relief after last week&rsquo;s near snub of Namibian products by the Chinese authorities said negotiations are underway for a long-term export agreement with the Asian economy...]]></description>
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<title>Sacu to study impact of free-trade deal with East African Community</title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-28</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg: The Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) is in the process of initiating a study of a possible free trade agreement (FTA) with the East African Community (EAC). In a recently published tender advertisement, Sacu said that it was looking to appoint a consultant to research how a proposed FTA between Sacu and the EAC could affect the economies of the two regions, and what policy implications such an agreement would have...]]></description>
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<title>Namibia to finalise strategy on climate change </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-26</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Windhoek:&nbsp; Namibia is expected to finalise its country strategy in response to climate change and plan of action by June this year.&nbsp; Minister of Environment and Tourism, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, said only then can Cabinet decide on what laws to introduce with regard to climate change.Nandi-Ndaitwah said government, for example, cannot compel new house owners to instal solar water heaters in their houses, without looking at the country&rsquo;s capacity to do so...]]></description>
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<title>Much expected from new land commission </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-24</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Windhoek:&nbsp; Twenty years after independence, the government has only been able to acquire just over 1 million hectares of land through its land reform process. Government wants at least 15 million hectares to have changed from white ownership into the hands of previously disadvantaged Namibians by 2020...]]></description>
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<title>Namibia to produce own biodiesel </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-22</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Katima Mulilo:&nbsp;LL Biofuels Namibia, a highly ambitious foreign-initiated and multi-billion-dollar venture, has secured 300&nbsp;000 hectares of land from chiefs in Caprivi to plant jatropha, whose seeds will be press-crushed to produce much-sought-after biodiesel.Biodiesel that could be used as fuel for trains, vehicles, trucks, ships and aircraft has many advantages in that unlike fossil fuels, it has fewer emissions and is a less pollutant fuel...]]></description>
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<title>Gender and climate change in Southern Africa: case studies, regional report </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-19</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg:&nbsp; Although various studies have focused on climate change impacts and adaptation opportunities in Africa, few have focused on the household level and in particular on gender differentiated impacts of climate change. These studies (South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia), commissioned by Heinrich B&ouml;ll Stiftung, provide an analysis and summary of the findings of eight case studies carried out in four southern African countries...]]></description>
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<title>Floods in Caprivi not over yet</title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-14</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Windhoek:&nbsp; The&nbsp;level of the Zambezi River continues to drop at Katima Mulilo and stood at 6,55 metres yesterday, three centimetres down from Sunday.&nbsp; However, another flood wave is moving down the Zambezi towards the Caprivi Region, which could force more people to move to higher ground...]]></description>
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