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Pollution

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...
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Sustainable Devpt

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...
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Human Welfare

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...
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Health

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...
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Human Settlement

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,...
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Disaster Risk Management

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...
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Conservation

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...
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Health

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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When Rivers, Akwa Ibom communities told tales of oil pollution, environmental degradation

Oil and gas extraction activities in Nigeria are often accompanied by routine gas flaring and oil spills. The resulting...
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Activists want first Loss and Damage Fund meeting to target delivering operational fund by COP28

As the first meeting of the Transitional Committee of the Loss and Damage Fund commenced on Monday, March 27,...
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Nigeria, Cameroon plan trans-boundary heritage site to protect endangered species

Nigeria and Cameroon are planning to establish a world heritage site for the protection of endangered species such as...

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When Rivers, Akwa Ibom communities told tales of oil pollution, environmental degradation

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