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Edited by Chuka Ulo ko , dl ukuroko@yahoo.oom. 08037156969
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Rio+;w Agricu lture, water top Africa's priorities for sustainable developmen', Irieall hud, of Illite Ind minis ters "
EnI!JlY Is also on the UII 01 Africa's priorides becaU$JI! of !he 1.4 billion people worldwide without acce5I to enefJY, 40 per cenl arelnlUb-Saharan A!rica. 'The
the UN Confe rence
on SUllllnlble Ioplnem irl Rio de Jandro III BraZil MY! been mMIns on Imnsm Ul res:ponse 10 fU Dume:JOUJ Itttnomk and enrironmenlll pro:'lems. The <:DI'IIinenI'. prionty ''Nt Indudr: Isrlcullure, wateli Indunrt,J
contineDt's enetI)' ~t
lags behind Ihe growth of Its popu1arlon and sodo-economk: Deeds, accordlnl to I NEPAD report. In sub-sahlllln Africa. rr.:iDonaI fuels, such as firewood, constitute. twO-thirds of energy
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Ap'lcullUll! I!Jllploys 60 per
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0Ml 01 AfriDI'.. 1alXIUl1iln;e, wbIk lhfH-fiftbt of farm US wort II • llIbil51mce I£ve1, Africa IIUI
mdorIed. IO-ye.r PI1JllllffUlll! on :sustainable consumption and poduaIon IDtnhance theefflCienl use 01 me.su resourt'eS. Ecoiop;aJ dqndadon " yet IlOOCber problem I1IV83inI Africa wbkh the heads of g<1YftIUMDI
relies on flln·fad I grlcullure, maldn,'! YUlncrablt (0 blUSh
weIther coodll,onl.lncludinl diINIle ~ AfrjcaD leaden bawe conunlned Ibj mse!vaIhrotlsh the CJmlrrehensive Af.ria. Apiculture 0 ~"ciopmml Pfosramme (CAAD 'l. adopted kl kIty 21X13111lde lit· ~ ollbe New Putnt.uhlp lor Africa', De....lopment ( NE 'AD) -
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alIoate Itleut 10 per cent of IUIlklnaI~, to ~I~ lhey abo aim to bodil gttMth in ap:ultural pnKI·1Ctil 'It to at ast an~sb;perCl"l!la~
Africa 1.1 • dry C( DliDeDr. RCOnd onty IU Au5tJ .u... AItII Jld J«I miIIonA&ir:3ns hi Yf OOao::tli lU_drinbnc",• .JboW·1OpeJ Unl 01 tbt worid lOll! EsI ~ indlCllte mil orly t5 )U ofSJ
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Since 1990, lub·S.hlllln folft! lands haw: deonsed by three per African counlries will m~ dll~
MllJennlum ~pment Goal (MDCI """"'" WIthout "" """""" oIlhe population aca:ss to safe drinkina . . 'lIter by 201S. Unro.-erJ water dimtbulion is one problem. According to the UN fnvtronmenIPqmnme(UNEP~
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Wlll!rfor 520 m1Won Africans.
In Aftlcil , Induurlill develupment I, also critical be~iluse Africa', Industries
~ ma.nufacruri., JllU1IJI& and mnsIruction ~ weak. The
sector runenlly employs ooly 15 per cent of Africa', WOtii:lrce. The ,h.re of manufactures in Afrb's nporu: fell from 4J per cmIin 2OOOtoJ9 percent in 2OOS. Labour-kltenslYe manufacturin& sudl_1eIIiIeI, fabrk:ated ~ apparel and luthel ploduc;U declined from 2J per otnt of aU manuDctunrl& In 2000 to 20 per • (:t:D1 In 2009 A&iClIl te~m in
February 2008 .dopted I Pbn of Action for the Acoelel1lted Industri.l Development of Afric._ South Arrlcl, Egypt, MOIOtWandl\mlslaM't'/!made
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Climate change impact In Abica Is fast becomlns attica! even IhougtI the blaclcoonlinerll .x:ounts lOr onty 2-3 pt.f tenl of the world's carbon dkrddl!! fIDtWom. most or which come from live counlriel - South
AIseri.. Em'P1. Ubyii and NiBe.ria. While II contributes re1atMIyllnle 10 sIobaI greenhouse P' nnIssiom. Africa'slow IldaptiVl! c:apKtry mWs II more vulnerable 10 the blI~ of cibnale change.. If !he grft.f1hOUH ps emiulons are noc curtaDed. xientbts IIIV«o - . . global tempetalUret coukI tise.4-5degrees centigr.ldewithin a amrr,whId!.lIiIOUIdbeadamiaxa. Atria,
iIIXCIIdioalOthe~ Panel on Clmate Owlge.
cenL Approximately SO percent 01 Africaieco-rep:.ts hlvelollSO pe omaoitbeir_lO~
cuhivillion or urb.nlUllon, IIXDrtiina 10 UNEP. AfrIca stitt has CMJIWO miIlJonsquareldlometJa of protected .reas. N~ the contine.nl" cOlsl.1 areas continue to conlront problems as:5OQIIted wfth oU .nd ruinera.I exmction. uocontro~
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misman.gemenl of m.nsrove bnstJanda.ol~
Ogoni [takes UNEP report to God for implementation -==::-:.--l _ _ IGNATIUS {HUll N J
hOU.3nJI If Oconl peoJ,le I" Riven St.l~ tlo"ped to Bod,'tHo u;Mli1io1lili heldq I ~tlerl.
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Goollu~ ( ,onilthiln Impll!!n ffi' 'IJ"nofthl!! United N:!UOr.J; £oJ'n,nOlem,,] P'roJmmnlf' {If Jti I ltepon of .!OlD 11M' !tepa, I hI d I,UlVt:Ued mas"lv.- Ihrellt 10 11 e in Ollonl .reM dut' 10 pul on n helnoll
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AId to bI!! u~r "'lO m"S higher thin nonn.ll The people .;alb !(",:d III !hI'
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luditorlum Ih~ C.llbedral ChulTh of .. U '114ts Church. 9Anllicall Comnliullion) In Ozonl Dlocl!$l 10 ,., spedal pBYtnlDGoclI< mo.oewband ofthekins (JolUlllw\ IIII dowbal is ristu.nd I:IIW' the U"e5 01 the
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lhe .ppeal WIS heightened by Ihe speech of the senatol Iq:ll'SI!nrins Ihe .rea, Mlgnus AM, ....no nptnlied surprise thIt I un of the NIger Del ... slltinl .11 prHldenl. h.d rem.illed &fit"1 on I mlndale by the UN 10 rnL'Ue In ethnic SJlIUP In the iar't'rqx;n 11(' plrtlcullrh upressed ·hmk Ihl' In admmlUIlIIJOO thlll wu1:tewnlsome otl~, !VOl'!" lOr JllIlnsue hlHl rejeeted tho~ 'PIge~flJllfaik. think ... e ~hI,. IJd bewtn Wlth!hose ready for dlal p;l1t': hUI.id. !he rHOn 10 God WiIS ilt the
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"OUP In the Itea. the 0lonl Ge.-nlIOnNe.xt Project (OGNPl. •• i,' 10 be .n oll.ninDon 01
youIIg prol~sionals from .U WO," of life. wh ich lumed up .,.llh lnIdltlonai ruler. Ind chmch leaden In Ogool 10 aD: God 10 Inll!fVl!fle. The bishop Ind chairm.n
of {)gon! Coundl of Chlllches. Solomon Gberegbara. uUed on God 10 remind Ihe idnS to .CI on the rl!!pOrt The entire congreiillion ,hoUied to God. Aytns: "Whiltever II holdIng Ihe implement.ll on of Ihe Repon be uprooter! In luus Mme~ The Anltm ff!' ~rber.lI~ 10 dl~l.nt Iilmh, re",lnl~cent of the tII,,1 of 'I01[(,tar ry by !he Irreprn$lbIe MoYrOl'· nl for the Surtlnl ollhe Ogonl People (MUSOP ). In hb Ie.... sennon. the bishop dem.nlled thai ";ill the muulIUJIIP !Iyndug on thl! ~y or the Ogonll!th'lic poup
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Il1Idltlonll .plrltullists, and the 1H'II11cII dllSL millidng It dllfirul"o brl!Dit. up. EKh of
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11i" . ,' these S,oups h.... resolnd that the UNEP Reporl be
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Gberrp;ba1'1l howl!' ec l1Iised other prayer points me/uding pelce in Nlleril , succeu 01 the lon.thln .dmimllnltioo. lite. The toUdlrify of the Ogoni wbIch has proved ttw louflbesl In Nlll!!r1l, hili II~yI bellun In <:hurchu, cUltinS Dcrou the youth bodie.s, lraditional
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implC'tllffiled. Summ1nr; Ihe Inxlety of the people. Abe recaUed how he had tried 10 brlnll the {)gold people to meel with Pn!sSden. 10nlmili to make Input InlO the implementation of the Repon 10 no avlU He quatI'd UPl'1.'lS of the Reporl whele d.nger .nd dtsutn wen: hIJhhghted and where the UN dem.nded for ullen! .cllon, regrelliDI th., only the Rivets SIlte 5lJW!mmem had manl8ed 10 do somethIn" ustnc tankmi 10 srnd Wllte.I" 10 !he lrea beguse the UN hid warned .plnsl funher Imlke of WIIter from the poboned region..
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