The IISD's online Earth Negotiations Bulletin has reported the proceedings of the 10th Ramsar Convention Conference of Parties, held in Changwon, Korea on the 28th of October to 4th of November 2008. Resolutions concerning the relationship of wetlands to climate change and biofuels were adopted on the last day of the conference. You can find the text of all resolutions discussed at the...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released its 2008 report about the global state of food and agriculture, Biofuels: prospects, risks and opportunities. The report includes a technical overview, an explanation of economic and policy drivers of liquid biofuels, a review of environmental impacts of biofuel production and a discussion of impacts on poverty and...
Participants at the COMPETE International Conference and Policy Debate on Bioenergy Sustainability Schemes - An African Perspective, held on 16-18 June 2008 in Arusha, Tanzania, developed a COMPETE Declaration on Sustainable Bioenergy for Africa. The draft declaration was developed in two round table discussions by decision-makers from Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, as well as...
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLV, no. 82, 21 December 2007
Tender: Republic of Botswana: Ministry of Works and Transport. Preparation of the environmental and social management framework (ESMF) and resettlement policy framework (RPF) for output and performance based long term road contracts (OPRC)
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From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLV, no. 83, 28 December 2007...
The Inter Press Service offers a story about discussions surrounding possible construction of the Epupa Dam, on the Cunene (Kunene) River in Angola, upstream from...
The July 2007 issue of GRAIN's newsletter Seedling, a special issue about agrofuels in the developing world, contains accessible information about the growing biofuels business, including a linked bibliography of good background resources, Jatropha – the agrofuel of the poor?, and The new scramble for Africa, which points out that just 15 African countries have a combined arable land base larger...
HOORC Associate Professor Dr Donald Kgathi attended the launch of the European Union supported project, Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems - Africa (COMPETE) in Munich on March 1st and 2nd, 2007. Professor Kgathi talked about new developments in bioenergy in Southern Africa in the context of the larger interests of the group, made up of...
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLV, no. 15 16 February 2007
Tender: Republic of Botswana Dept. of Water Affairs: Consultancy service (second publication)
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From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLV, no. 16 23 February 2007
Tender: Republic of Botswana firebreak maintenance for the Dept. of Forestry and Range Resources
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Tender: Republic of Botswana Dept. of Water...
Tender announcements and documents may also be found on the Government of Botswana web site. The entire issue of the Government Gazette may be read in HOORC’s Library.
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLV, no. 4 12 January 2007
Tender: Republic of Botswana Dept. of Water Affairs: supply of borehole and water works equipment
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Tender: Republic of Botswana: extension of closing date...
Tender announcements and documents may also be found on the Government of Botswana web site.
The entire issue of the Government Gazette may be read in HOORC’s Library.
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLIV, no. 86, 24 November 2006
Tender: Republic of Botswana: Requirement analysis and supervision for the development and implementation of Botswana road management system (BRMS) in...