Agriculture 
Girl Scouts activists win forest heroes award for challenging organization on sustainability – News.Mongabay
Tomtishen and Vorva catalyzed a movement that eventually forced Girl Scouts USA to commit to sourcing palm oil from less damaging sources. Africa’s winner was Paul Nzegha Mzeka, who launched several forest conservation initiatives in Cameroon …
UN recognizes US Girl Scouts for palm oil effort – Khaleej Times
their efforts led to the Girl Scouts of the USA announcing a switch towards sustainable palm oil by 2015 as an ingredient in its Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos and other fund-raising cookies. Also sharing the prize were Paul Nzegha Mzeka … Continue reading
UN Wraps Up Year Of Forests – Social And Economic Value – Scoop
Eleven-year-old girl scouts Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva, for example, won the award for the North American region for convincing the Girl Scout Organization to stop using cookies containing palm oil … 30 communities in Cameroon to protect …
UN DAILY NEWS DIGEST – 9 February – News Room America
Nzegha Mzeka, 77, will be honoured for his work which has helped 30 communities in Cameroon to protect their watersheds … the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index rose by four points … Continue reading
African rainforest loss caused by humans – Cosmos
they originally migrated out from the modern Nigeria-Cameroon border and reached the Congo River area 3,000 years ago. This migration was associated with the introduction of agriculture into the Central African rainforest where farmers began cultivating …
Services and Events, Week of Feb. 16 – NorthJersey.com
Jayne Mankaa, speaking about her life story as a caregiver for children who are HIV/AIDS orphans living in the village of Bamenda, Cameroon. Professional … 10:45 a.m. The service is followed by a coffee hour fellowship. Friday, 8:15 p.m …
Press Conference on 2011 Forest Heroes Awards – UN News Centre
In Cameroon’s case, the Government had given individual communities … under serious threat in Indonesia and Malaysia due to the palm oil industry’s “clear-cutting” forest practices. Ms. Tomtishen added that, when they had turned over a box …
NSF Provides Additional $5.9 Million to Support Five New BREAD Program Projects – National Science Foundation (press release)
A research team at Cornell University/USDA-ARS, University of Washington, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) (Nigeria) with collaborators at the USDA-ARS (Charleston, SC) and IITA (Cameroon) has identified a set of protein …
UN recognizes US Girl Scouts for palm oil effort – France 24
The girls’ interest in palm oil grew out of their concern from the age of 11 for … Also sharing the prize were Paul Nzegha Mzeka of Cameroon, Shigeatsu Hatakeyama of Japan, Anatoly Lebedev of Russia and Paulo Adario of … Continue reading
Humans drove rainforest into savannah in ancient Africa – News.Mongabay
However, this episode of forest clearance occurred contemporaneously with the migration of Bantu-speaking peoples from near the modern Nigeria-Cameroon border … of domestic agriculture, such as oil palm nuts. Iron-working furnaces, which …
