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Wangari Maathai
Information about this person was last updated on Tuesday, January 31, 2012.
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[-wrote]: Governments could have planned for the drought (after all, some regions haven't had good rains for four years) and helped their people adapt to the realities of global warming. They didn't,
thetimes 28-NOV-11
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[ wrote]: In 2011,
thetimes 28-NOV-11
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[writes:]: When I see Uhuru Park and contemplate its meaning, I feel compelled to fight for it so that my grandchildren may share that dream and that joy of freedom as they one day walk there.
newsfromafrica 04-OCT-11
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[wrote:]: Throughout Africa, the budgets of environmental ministries are dwarfed by those of defence ministries or national security, even in countries where the major threat to security is desertification, poverty and unemployment.
allafrica 03-OCT-11
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[ said]: I hope it will encourage them to raise their voices and take more space for leadership,
aljazeera 29-SEP-11
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[said:]: Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree.
thetimes 27-SEP-11
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[-said]: To interfere with [the forest] is to interfere with the rain system, the water system and, therefore, agriculture, not to mention the other industries dependent on hydroelectricity,
thetimes 27-SEP-11
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[ said]: Rwanda has sought not only to make its forests a national priority, but has also used them as a platform to revolutionise its stances on women's rights and creating a healthy environment,
allafrica 27-SEP-11
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[-said]: Therefore, the tree became a symbol for the democratic struggle in Kenya. Citizens were mobilised to challenge widespread abuses of power, corruption and environmental mismanagement,
GulfDailyNews 27-SEP-11
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[ said]: This recognition in many way[s] endorses the campaign and brings it to the forefront so that leaders in this country can really realize that protecting the forest in this country is a matter of life and death,
chosun 27-SEP-11
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[-said]: Therefore, the tree became a symbol for the democratic struggle in Kenya. Citizens were mobilized to challenge widespread abuses of power, corruption and environmental mismanagement,
independent 27-SEP-11
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[ says]: Climate change does not affect everyone equally,
allafrica 18-JUL-11
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[ says]: As African leaders, you must rise to the challenge posed by climate change,
africanpressorganization 29-JUN-11
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[says:]: COP17 – the official name is the Seventeenth Conference of the Parties – is an opportunity for Africans to show global leadership on an issue that is critical to the future of the planet, particularly of the region.
africanpressorganization 29-JUN-11
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[ says]: If programmes like REDD are going to help communities in Africa, especially those in the Congo basin, then we must show leadership to ensure that the people most impacted by forest management issues, including women, are present at the decision-making table,
africanpressorganization 29-JUN-11
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[-says]: The AU Summit is the last chance for African leaders to come together and focus on climate change before the global gathering in Durban. African leaders must use this opportunity to commit to some concrete actions that will increase the pressure on Western and other countries to accelerate their efforts to provide support to the countries that are most vulnerable to climate change.
africanpressorganization 29-JUN-11
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[-recalls]: It was horrific, especially in a country where you also have HIV-AIDS,
montrealgazette 21-MAY-11
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[-said]: [They are] seen as resources that are unlimited,
ipsnews 04-FEB-11
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Bärbel Höhn [ said]: Wangari Maathai was not only ‘Mama Miti’ the Mother of Trees. She also was an irrepressible voice of democracy, an inexhaustible source of inspiration, a beacon of hope!
allafrica 18-NOV-11
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Martha Karua [ said]: We join family and friends in mourning Prof. Wangari Maathai, a phenomenal woman, a friend and role model. You lived, you inspired,
chinadaily 01-OCT-11
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Kibaki [-said]: Wangari Maathai will be accorded a state funeral,
guardiannewsngr 29-SEP-11
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Achim Steiner [ said]: Wangari Maathai was a force of nature. While others deployed their power and life force to damage, degrade and extract short term profit from the environment, she used hers to stand in their way, mobilize communities and to argue for conservation and sustainable development over destruction,
allafrica 28-SEP-11
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Achim Steiner [ said]: Wangari Maathai was a force of nature,
IHT 27-SEP-11
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Sharma [-said]: We offer our sincere condolences to the family of Wangari Maathai, and to the people of Kenya,
allafrica 27-SEP-11
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