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TUNZA, the UNEP Magazine for Youth
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
PO Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel (2 542) 621 234
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ISSN 1727-8937 (English ed. Online)
This issue of Tunza was made possible by the generosity of the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).
The contents of this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of UNEP or the editors, nor are they an official record. The designations employed and the presentation do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP concerning the legal status of any country, territory or city or its authority, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
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This magazine is printed using vegetable-based inks on paper made from 100 per cent recycled waste material. It is bleached without any damage to the environment.
Tunza was previously published as Teen Planet.
Director of Publication
Eric Falt
Coordinator
Wondwosen Asnake
Editor
Geoffrey Lean
Guest Editors
Fred Pearce
Jemilah Magnusson
Nairobi Coordinator
Naomi Poulton
Special Contributor
Nick Nuttall
Circulation Manager
Manyahleshal Kebede
Youth Contributors
Jemilah Magnusson, USA
Marifel Moyano, the Philippines
Sheikh Adil Abbas, India
Jagan Devaraj, India
Mesime Njume Obong, Cameroon Catherine Kamping, the Philippines
Julien Asselin, France
John Morrisey, Australia
Chafika Affaq, Morocco
Caroline Peterson, USA
Min Qin, China
Dudley Fewry, Sierra Leone
Francisco Pereira, Ecuador
Felicity Batten, UK
Other Contributors
Lisa Hadeed, WWF
Jules Acton, WaterAid
Rosey Simmonds and David Woollcombe, Peace Child International
Wang Jingzhong, Xinhua News Agency
Valerie Kapos, UNEP-WCMC
Design
Marifel Moyano
Web Editor
Graham Barden
Production
Banson
Head, UNEP’s Children and Youth/Sport and
Environment Unit
Theodore Oben
Printed in the United Kingdom
Front cover
Marifel Moyano