Cameroon Plant
US Embassy Cameroon: Ambassador's Speeches
Well, the answer is simple: the small seed that is today growing into a healthy plant, and that will very likely grow into a large tree tomorrow, was sown a little more than a year ago in the Information Resource Center of the American Cultural Center. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Gardening is a joy because many plants and flowers prosper quickly. Many plant stands are located throughout Yaounde and offer a wide variety of flowers, shrubs, and trees for sale. Few vegetable plants are available. A limited selection of seeds can be purchased for flowers and vegetables. The CLO office maintains a supply of catalogs for restocking. The following are suggested seed varieties to bring: marigolds, zinnias, nasturtiums, and snapdragons; endive, romaine, Ruby, and Boston lettuce; cherry tomatoes; green peppers; hot peppers; herbs; and cucumbers. Natural fertilizers are inexpensive and readily available. Bring hand gardening tools, clippers, insecticides, fertilizers, etc. ... [Read More]
Biodiversity
Since the early 1980s, however, there has been widening agreement that indigenous people and traditional farmers deserve compensation for their long-standing generation, management, and knowledge of biodiversity. Grassroots advocates argue that indigenous people deserve "traditional resource rights" to the plants they cultivate and know how to use, rights that would have the same international legal standing as that afforded to patent rights. Recognition of such rights requires, at a minimum, negotiating equitable benefit-sharing agreements at the community level whenever plants or indigenous knowledge about them is collected by researchers. An additional way to acknowledge the world's debt to rural communities who safeguard plant biodiversity would be to establish an international fund supporting continued local management of plant resources. Such a step appears the most practical means of compensation for the large amount of plant biodiversity that is already in the public domain (su ... [Read More]
Africa
1111-- Villager of Niger Shows Off Seeds Used To Plant in the Garden ... 1111-- Women of Niger Celebrate After Planting Cowpeas ... 1111-- Bio-Gas Plant in Malawi ... [Read More]
Equatorial Guinea (06/05)
Estimates of Equatorial Guinea's electricity generating capacity vary, with 15.4 megawatts (MW) of certain installed capacity, and 5-30 MW of estimated additional capacity. About 5.0 MW are located on the mainland, including 4 MW of oil-fired thermal capacity and 1 MW of hydroelectric capacity. Bioko Island receives electricity from two thermal plants and one hydroelectric plant. The expansion of natural gas production at the Alba field in recent years has provided a convenient fuel source for new power generation in the country. The 10.4-MW, natural gas-fired Punta Europa plant began operation in 1999, supplying gas-fired electricity to Bioko Island. Another 4-6 MW of generation capacity is currently under construction at the AMPCO complex on the island. Equatorial Guinea is estimated to have 2,600 MW of hydropower potential. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: World Conservation Union Release on Threatened Species Survey
The status of plants: The IUCN Red List includes 5,611 species of threatened plants, many of which are trees, since these species have been relatively thoroughly assessed. The total number of globally threatened plant species is still small in relation to the total number of plant species, but this is because most plant species have still not been assessed for their level of threat. The only major plant group to have been comprehensively assessed is the conifers, of which 140 species (16 percent of the total) are threatened. Assessments undertaken by The Nature Conservancy (not yet incorporated in the Red List) indicate that one-third of the plant species in North America are threatened. ... [Read More]
U. S. Embassy, Nigeria: Information Section - Crossroads - 27 Conservation Projects Worldwide Nominated for U.N. Environment Award
1The nominees include a partnership between Rainforest Expeditions, a private company, and the Ese’eja community in Infierno, Peru. The two groups constructed a lodge to serve as a base for responsible tourism and conservation activities — protecting local wildlife and plant species, while achieving a 38 percent increase in Ese’eja family incomes over the past four years. ... [Read More]
Country Commercial Guide - US Embassy, Libreville
(return to table of contents) Chapter I - Executive Summary Gabon is a small equatorial country of just over 1.1 million people on the Atlantic coast of Africa. It became independent in 1960. Reflecting its colonial heritage, Gabon's economic, linguistic and cultural ties with France remain strong. The Head of State is President Omar Bongo (in office since 1967 and re-elected in 1998). The government includes a National Assembly, a Senate, and a Constitutional (Supreme) Court. President Bongo's party and coalition partners hold a large parliamentary majority in the 1996-2001 National Assembly. Rounds of municipal and legislative elections took place in 1996 and Presidential el ... [Read More]
Chemical Weapons Convention -- Annexes and Original Signatories
PART VI: ACTIVITIES NOT PROHIBITED UNDER THIS CONVENTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE VIREGIME FOR SCHEDULE 1 CHEMICALS AND FACILITIES RELATED TO SUCH CHEMICALSA. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. A State Party shall not produce, acquire, retain or use Schedule 1 chemicals outside the territories of States Parties and shall not transfer such chemicals outside its territory except to another State Party. 2. A State Party shall not produce, acquire, retain, transfer or use Schedule 1 chemicals unless: (a) The chemicals are applied to research, medical, pharmaceutical or protective purposes; and (b) The types and quantities of chemicals ... [Read More]
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