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Monthly Archives: April, 2019

UN conference seeks to reduce plastic pollution in the seas

Proposals to prevent plastic waste from being dumped in seas are on the table of a UN environmental conference that started on Monday, April 29, 2019...

EU, Oxfam plant 7.1m trees in Katsina

The EU, Oxfam Advocacy in Nigeria says it has planted not less than 7.1 million trees under its Fuel Wood Balance (FUWOBA) project in Katsina State. Dr...

Palm oil development leaves Liberians poorer, says winner of ‘Green Nobel’

Palm oil plantations in Liberia are billed as bringing jobs and development but leave locals poorer, says a Liberian lawyer who won the prestigious Goldman Environmental...

New UN report calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis

The United Nations Ad Hoc Interagency Coordinating Group (IACG) on Antimicrobial Resistance has warned that drug-resistant diseases can cause 10 million deaths each year globally by...

UC-Berkeley, PAVE explore Lagos urban development approaches

The somewhat fascinating spatial development of the Nigerian commercial capital city of Lagos appears to have engaged the interest of eggheads at the University of California,...

Homes collapse amid flooding in cyclone-hit Mozambique

Rescuers are racing to help people caught in fast-rising floodwaters in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit city of Pemba on Sunday, April 28, 2019 as houses collapsed in one...

Biodiversity council deliberates on global report on state of nature

The World Biodiversity Council's deliberations on the first global report on the state of nature since 2005 begins on Monday, April 29, 2019 in Paris, with...

New WHO report indicates global rise in measles

A new report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on state of measles outbreak globally from 2016 to 2018 indicates an alarming increase...

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African Ministers demand equitable climate finance, a just transition ahead of COP30

The 20th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) concluded in Nairobi, Kenya. Ministers and representatives...
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Niger Delta region, natural hub of nation’s blue economy – Delta commissioner

The Delta State Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, says the South-South region remains the...

Nigeria can generate 4m tonnes of green ammonia annually – Centre

The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), says with right investments and...

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African Ministers demand equitable climate finance, a just transition ahead of COP30

The 20th session of the African Ministerial Conference on...

Niger Delta region, natural hub of nation’s blue economy – Delta commissioner

The Delta State Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and...
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