Biodiversity Takes Center Stage at WED in Rwanda

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Mount Sabyrino in Rwanda It is a great honour that Rwanda has been chosen by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to host this year’s World Environment Day (WED) on 5th June 2010. This year WED is designed to celebrate the Year of Biodiversity; communities around the world are encouraged to take action to protect [...]

Activists Walk to Promote Freshwater Protection

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The cobblestone shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota, which will be the last stretch of the 1800-mile plus hike Mike Link and Kate Crowley have begun around the lake. Two Minnesotans are well along now in a walk around Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake in surface area. Hikers (and 50-plus) Mike Link and [...]