The Environmental Crime Project (ECP) was launched in Kampala yesterday. It is a collaborative project between the ISS Nairobi and the Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Coperation Organisation (EAPCCO). The project will develop mechanisms to enhance regional law enforcement and policy making aganist environmental crimes in order to improve the protection of Eastern Africa environment.

The project will protect the environment aganist all forms of environmental crimes. It will work in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Seychelles, Ethiopia and Sudan.

THE TWENTY SECOND GREATER HORN OF AFRICA CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (GHACOF 22)
IGAD CLIMATE PREDICTION AND APPLICATIONS CENTRE (ICPAC)
VENUE: Nairobi, Kenya
DATE: 28 – 29 August 2008

INTRODUCTION

CGIAR Science Awards 2008

Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce that nominations are now open for the 2008 CGIAR Science Awards.

This year's award categories are as follows:
The CGIAR King Baudouin Award
The CGIAR Science Award for Promising Young Scientist
The CGIAR Science Award for Outstanding Scientist
The CGIAR Science Award for Outstanding Scientific Support Team
The CGIAR Science Award for Outstanding Partnership
The CGIAR Science Award for Outstanding Scientific Article

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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION-IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE

GENEVA/EDMONTON, 14 JULY 2008 (WMO) – An international workshop is being held from 14 to 16 July 2008 in Edmonton (Canada) with the aim of improving operational weather systems for fire danger rating that should help tackle the growing threat of forest fires worldwide.

Turning Up the Heat: Climate Change and Poverty in Uganda
Report embargoed until 17th July 2008
Summary:

Subject: ECOHEALTH COMPETITION
Dear Friend Science Journalist:
The World Federation of Science Journalists - in collaboration with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) announces a competition offering journalists the chance to interview the top world’s experts on health and the environment, in Merida (Mexico), 1 – 5 December 2008

You could find information on that competition on our web site www.wfsj.org

By Our Correspondent
in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.

Journalists, scientists and professionals concerned with climate, climate change and related issues have formed a Climate Journalists Association Chapter in Ethiopia.

Journalists sought for fellowships at American newspapers
Region :Worldwide
Country :None
Topic :Fellowships and Awards
03/07/2008
Print and online journalists in developing countries are invited to apply for the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF) and Daniel Pearl Fellowships 2009. Deadline for the submission of applications: August 1.

Successful candidates will report for American newspapers from March to August 2009. In the United States , fellows will learn practices, standards and values of U.S. journalism which they can adapt, share and apply in their own countries.

The G8 cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the extreme security risks that climate change will pose to the international community, write John Podesta and Peter Ogden. Read more from the Center for American Progress by clicking here.