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14 participants from 8 countries representing nine (9) IPEN participating organizations in Anglophone Africa took part at the Resumed 4th Meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering SAICM and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020 in Nairobi from 27 February to 3 March 2023.The Consolidated document from IP4 will be finalized when IP4 reconvenes two days before the start of the Read More …

Female journalists have been asked to take the lead in covering climate change related stories. The call was made by Western Media for Environment and Conservation Executive Director Mr. Peter Akuguzibwe Araali while in a training of female journalists of the Albertine region held in Hoima recently.

Female news reporters and editors from the Albertine Graben region on 11th March 2023 converged in Hoima City to undergo training aimed at improving their skills as environment reporters. The twenty environment-enthusiastic newswomen were drawn from the districts of Hoima, Masindi, Mubende, Kiboga, Kikuube and Buliisa among others.  The training, organized by Western Media for Environment and Conservation (WEMECO) with support from Read More …

Western Media for Conservation (WEMECO) with support from Global Green Grants Fund and other Environment conservationists who convened female journalists based in the Albertine region in the Bunyoro sub-region appealed to journalists to enhance their efforts on environment reporting through extensive research and new multimedia tools to sustain the association of the communities with environmental conservation. This was during a Read More …

Plastic is a versatile and cheap material, useful to deliver healthcare, but overpackaging and unnecessary disposable products are replacing safe and effective reusable items. From production to disposal, plastics can pose severe risks to the environment and our health. Most plastics are made from fossil fuels (oil, gas, and coal) and contribute to carbon and toxic emissions. Combined with our Read More …

Almost 500 active pesticide ingredients are authorized in the EU for the treatment of agricultural crops. At the same time, however, hundreds of active substances are no longer authorized because they have been shown in the course of use to have unacceptable effects on human health or the environment…

Poisonous imports through the back door Banned pesticides found in fruit and vegetables from overseas in the pesticide test by GLOBAL 2000 and AK Upper Austria   The environmental organisation GLOBAL 2000 and the Chamber of Labour of Upper Austria have tested mangoes, pomegranates, sweet peas and green beans for pesticides. Pesticide residues were found on more than three quarters Read More …

The global outbreak of COVID 19 in 2019 in Chinese city of Wuhan, never spared Uganda, however, as a remedy in both short- and long-term facemasks are essential as part of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to avoid the transmission. These facemasks are made from different materials ranging from plastics and clothes others are reusable and others are not reusable.  The world turned to facemasks Read More …

A wide section of Ugandans continues to use Methylmercury, commonly known just as mercury, a banned substance around the world, directly or indirectly for various economic activities especially among artisanal miners and dentistry despite it being toxic and hazardous. Mercury is also used in the manufacture of industrial chemicals, electrical appliances, medical apparatus especially the liquid-in-glass thermometers, especially those used Read More …

30 January – 3 February 2023 | UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand UN Environment Assembly – UNEA Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution