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Africa develops financial tools to become drought-resilient

The Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) have said they will collaborate to support the development of financial tools...

admin - October 24, 2019

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Ikeazor calls for state of emergency on erosion

Minister of State for Environment, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, has called for the immediate declaration of a state of emergency on erosion ravaging several parts of the...

admin - October 10, 2019

Land Degradation

Ikpeazu inaugurates road, gully control projects in Abia communities

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has inaugurated the 3.4-kilometre Omoba-Umuene Road and erosion control projects in two communities of Isialangwa North Local Government Area. In a...

admin - October 1, 2019

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UNGA: Sahel threats necessitate ‘global response’ – Issoufou

President of Niger Republic, Mahamadou Issoufou, has called for a "global response" to the problems of land degradation that threaten the arid Sahel belt. Addressing a meeting...

admin - September 25, 2019

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Madagascar warns of deforestation by mafias

The government and environmental groups in Madagascar on Thursday, September 19, 2019 raised an alarm over the accelerating deforestation on their Indian Ocean Island. Environment Minister, Alexandre...

admin - September 20, 2019

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Ahead of Climate Action Summit, ministers clamour coalition to scale up global land restoration

On the road to the Climate Action Summit in New York in September, the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India and...

admin - September 12, 2019

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Great Green Wall Initiative to get ‘visionary roadmap’

Partners of the African-led Great Green Wall Initiative have agreed to develop a visionary roadmap, a decade after its launch, with bold targets to restore 100...

admin - September 10, 2019

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COP14: World leaders call for global action to restore degraded land

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has called on the international community to set up a global water action agenda as the central theme...

admin - September 9, 2019

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