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Recent Discussions

From: Nadine Pickering:
Involvement of women and youth in transboundary water management
At the recent conference on "building and managing sustainable transboundary water institutions in Africa and beyond", one of the topics on the agenda was the involvement of w...

From: Janot Mendler:
Water purification from Drumstick tree pods
'Miracle' tree could bring cleaner drinking water to millions By Greenbang on Wednesday, 3rd March 2010 A highly beneficial tree native to northwest India could help provide...

From: Tuazaana BD:
Re: The use of mosquito nets for fishing
To add to the discussion, a similar situation is also reported to be taking place in Caprivi region and other northern regions of Namibia. The mosquito nets being used here ar...

From: zvikomborero tangawamira:
Re: The use of mosquito nets for fishing
What Justin says is very true. In Mozambique, there are laws that prevent fishers from fishing with mosquito nets, or small size nets. When we spoke to one of the people in ch...

From: Justin Kraus:
Re: Re: The use of mosquito nets for fishing
Forgive me for being pessimistic (realistic?) but tackling the problem of mosquito nets being used for fishing at a "policy level" in most African countries is idealistic to the...

Burning Issues

Indigenous Knowledge

Discussions on DLIST have raised interesting questions around the use and loss of indigenous knowledge in the Benguela region and beyond. We decided to gather that information - in this Burning Issue you can read about indigenous knowledge, threats to indigenous knowledge systems, some interesting case studies of application of traditional knowledge, and what is being done to preserve it.

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About DLIST

The Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool [ DLIST - Benguela ] community focusses specifically on issues relevant to the coastal area from Cape Point to Nothern Angola - The Bengeula Current Large Marine Ecosystem.

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Earthnotes Film Festival

This year sees the launch of Earthnotes, an environmental documentary film festival presented by DLIST.

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Newsletter

The DLIST newsletter contains a summary of the recent activities and talking points within the DLIST community. The October issue focuses on topics related to artisenal fisheries and aquaculture.

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Recent Library Uploads

03 Mar: Water Quality Lecture 2010

03 Mar: Assignment 3

22 Feb: Proposed Angola LNG project Environmental social and health impact assessment
The document contains a summary of the key impacts,project risks,opportunities and mitigation measures for Angol...

22 Feb: EIA for the rezoning of the core development area form agriculture to special purpose
The document contains Environmental Impact Assessment for the change of the land use from agriculture to o...