Seizures of African ivory by Thai officials increased hundredfold last year. Traders buy illegal African tusks, often smuggled by hand through Bangkok airport, and carve them into trinkets to feed Asia's voracious demand for ivory.

Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of Congo (RoC) have called upon President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the newly-elected National Assembly representatives and senators, and other leaders of public affairs to manage the nation's oil revenues properly for the common good.
Observers of the country believe that a number of the country's problems - such as war, poverty, corruption, environmental damage, and public debt - have resulted from the improper management of oil revenues.

An age-old battle rages between the environment and the economy, with the environment often losing out to economic development. But projects in Lake Malawi National Park and Mlambe Natural Resource Management show that environmental preservation can also be economically profitable.

What are the environmental challenges facing an urbanising world? Who bears the environmental costs in cities? International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) research suggests that environmental problems become particularly serious where there is a rapid expansion in urban population and production with little or no consideration for the environmental implications or no government capacity to act on these.

Over 50 communities in Takai and Albasu Local Government Areas of Kano State are presently threatened by massive erosion which has already cut off their access to major markets in the area.