Botswana's Vice President Seretse Khama Ian Khama has been awarded the “Statesmanship Award of the Endangered Wildlife Trust”. The award is presented to “a statesperson who has made an exceptional contribution to conservation”.

Biologist Dr Michael Fay of the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society(WCS) has made an impassioned appeal to save the Langoue Forest, a pristine area of more than 600,000 acres within the Congo jungle in Gabon, Business Wire reported on Tuesday.

One distinguished traditional ruler, Okyenhene or King of Akyem Abuakwa, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin is championing biodiversity conservation to sustain and broaden exemplary tradition left by his forefathers and extend its benefits to all communities in Ghana.

'Keep It Working' aims to be an instrument that field staff can use to support communities in managing their own water supply. The book will provide useful insights and practical guidance through fact sheets, tools and checklists. Eveline Bolt and Catarina Fonseca, Keep It Working: a field manual to support community management of rural water supplies, Delft, 2001, ISBN 90-6687-030-3, Euro 24.00

At least 30 people, including six children, have died in bush fires fanned by high winds across South Africa's bushveld over the past two days, police said this week.