Maldives debates on climate injustice at UN
UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday debated, in a full-session, on the impacts of climate change on full enjoyment of human rights, especially in vulnerable countries.
View ArticleSmall island Tuvalu causes big ripples
Highlighting the desperate situation that some small island nations were finding themselves in, Tuvalu, a small country near Australia, on Wednesday created quite a sensation at the climate change...
View ArticleTsunami alert system to be tested on 12th
Over two dozen countries, including Pakistan, will take part next week in a full-scale test of the Indian Ocean`s tsunami alert system, using the 2004 Sumatra quake as the basis for the exercise, Unesco
View ArticleMauritius vessel spills oil at Ctg port outer anchorage
Oil spillage from a foreign vassal contaminated more than one squire kilometre area of the Bay of Bengal at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port on Wednesday. According to port sources, the Mauritius
View ArticleTo fish or not to fish: Factors at multiple scales affecting artisanal...
Globally, fisheries are challenged by the combined impacts of overfishing, degradation of ecosystems and impacts of climate change, while fisheries livelihoods are further pressured by conservation policy
View ArticleBreeding institute develops transgenic sugarcane
The Sugarcane Breeding Institute has developed transgenic sugarcane incorporating gene constructs, said its Director, Dr N. Vijayan Nair. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Sugarcane Breeding
View ArticleMagnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes off Mauritius
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, around 536 km (333 miles) east of Ile Rodrigues in Mauritius, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake hit at a depth of 16.4 km, said
View ArticleMauritius: Government to Inject Rs 10.3 Billion for Priority Projects in the...
Government will inject around Rs 10.3 billion in the implementation of priority projects in the water sector so as to address water supply problems in regions that are most affected. This decision is in
View ArticleMauritius: A Mauritius Renewable Energy Agency to Be Set Up, Says Mr Ivan...
A new institution, namely the Mauritius Renewable Energy Agency (MARENA), for the sustained promotion of the use of renewables for electricity generation will be set up. The institution will have the main
View ArticleMauritius: Report On Land Drainage and Watershed Management Programme...
The Report of a Study on the Evaluation of the Land Drainage and Watershed Management Programme effected by the National Development Unit during the period 2010-2014 has been presented to the Government.
View ArticleMauritius NCD Survey 2015 Launched in Mahebourg
The Mauritius non-communicable disease (NCD) survey 2015 kicked off this morning at Willoughby Government School in Mahebourg with the overall objective of gaining new insight on the burden of disease
View ArticleSouthern Africa: SADC Countries Outline Strategies to Combat Poaching in Region
Luanda — Representatives of member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) outlined on Wednesday to Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa, strategies to combat poaching, until 2020.
View ArticleMauritius: FAO to Support Mauritius in the Development of Organic Farming
The Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) signed on 3 September 2015, in Port Louis a Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) on support for the...
View ArticleMauritius: Government is Committed to Eradicate Poverty, Says Foreign Affairs...
The Marshall Plan to address the issue of poverty is a clear sign that the Government is committed to eradicate absolute poverty said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and...
View ArticleMauritius and Australia Agree to Cooperate in Marine Renewable Energy
Mauritius and Australia signed yesterday in Port Louis an agreement on Assessing Wave Energy and Micro Grid in Mauritius. A study will be conducted by the Australian firm Carnegie Wave Energy Limited.
View ArticleMauritius: UNEP Selects Mauritius for a Pilot Project On Waste Management in...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has selected Mauritius as one of the countries for a pilot project for regional capacity building on Waste Management in Africa. The project comprises:
View ArticleMoralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality
Since the origins of agriculture, the scale of human cooperation and societal complexity has dramatically expanded. This fact challenges standard evolutionary explanations of prosociality because...
View ArticleStrategies and approaches to vector control in nine malaria-eliminating...
There has been progress towards malaria elimination in the last decade. In response, WHO launched the Global Technical Strategy (GTS), in which vector surveillance and control play important roles.
View ArticleAfrica: Mauritius Hosts African Ministerial Conference On Ocean Economies and...
Mauritius is hosting from 1 to 3 September 2016 the African Ministerial Conference on Ocean Economies and Climate Change which will be held at Westin Turtle Bay Resort & Spa in Balaclava. The...
View ArticleCountries bordering Indian Ocean to test tsunami preparedness down to...
Twenty-four countries will participate in a large scale tsunami simulation exercise organized under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO on 7 and 8 September. Together,
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