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Nigeria’s parks record less incidences of poaching – Conservator General

Dr Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator General (CG), of the National Park Service (NPS) on Sunday, February 12, 2023, in Abuja said that the country’s...

Michael Simire - February 13, 2023

Conservation

Nigeria lost 97% of forest resources to poaching – NCF

The Director-General, Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), Dr Mukhtar Aminu-Kano, has submitted that Nigeria has lost about 97 per cent of wildlife and forest resources...

Michael Simire - March 31, 2021

Conservation

Fresh IUCN worry over vaquita exploitation, logging, poaching

Illegal fishing, logging and poaching are impacting two-thirds of the 57 natural World Heritage sites monitored by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)...

admin - June 30, 2017

Conservation

Elephants now poached for their skins – WWF

Endangered elephants are now being slaughtered in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar for their skin, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has...

admin - June 13, 2017

Conservation

IUCN attributes vilest African elephant losses to poaching

Africa’s overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, mainly due to poaching over the past 10 years – according to...

admin - September 25, 2016

Conservation

Can elephants ever recover from poaching?

It’s easy to kill an elephant, as hunters and ivory poachers have shown for quite some time. Creating one, however, is an entirely different...

admin - September 1, 2016

Conservation

Singh: How rangers are working to save tigers

Rohit Singh supports ranger and law enforcement work across countries that have wild tigers as part of the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Tigers Alive...

admin - August 21, 2016

Conservation

GEF earmarks fresh $40m to combat wildlife crime in Africa, Asia

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council on Thursday in Washington DC approved an additional $40 million for the Global Wildlife Programme (GWP), expanding its support in the...

admin - June 9, 2016

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Disaster Risk ManagementMarch 28, 2023

Implement recommendations to check flooding, engineers tell govt, states

The Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE) on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, appealed to the Federal Government to implement...

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Climate ChangeMarch 28, 2023

Nigeria can build climate-resilient economy – AfDB report

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says Nigeria can build a climate-resilient economy by adopting climate-smart agricultural practices. The bank said this...

ConservationMarch 28, 2023