East Africa: Regional Environment Meet Opens

The 1st Horn of Africa Regional Environment Meeting was opened here yesterday (4 December 2006) to officially announce a plan to establish the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Network and Centre. Opening the meeting' Coordinator Dr. Araya Asfaw of the Addis Ababa University said that the objective of the meeting was to exchange knowledge and experience among professionals of the region in the field and to officially launch the network.