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State REDD+ coordinator: Activists seek public participation

Following the exit of Odigha Odigha – erstwhile chairman of the Cross River State Forestry Commission (CFSFC) – as the State Coordinator for the...

Activists flay UN, loggers over Africa forest grab ‘under guise of REDD+’

Loggers and the United Nations want to grab African forests for REDD+, which promotes monoculture plantations and genetically modified trees and violates human rights,...

Odigha: How Cross River can build credible national REDD+ process

Chairman, Cross River State Forestry Commission, Odigha Odigha, is committed to the implementation of the UN-REDD+ Readiness programme, with the state collaborating with the...

Combating illegal logging with smartphones, smarter shopping

CustomMade, an online marketplace, discloses in this treatise that though illegal logging costs the global economy an estimated $30 to $100 billion in lost revenue...

Govts, business, civil society, indigenous leaders pledge to end loss of forests

An innovative public-private partnership of multinationals, governments, civil society and indigenous peoples today pledged to cut the loss of forests in half by 2020...

‘Address equity, stick to principles for REDD+ to succeed’

Ahead of Nigeria’s plan to launch its full implementation of the REDD+ programme with the inauguration of the National Advisory Council, government and non-state...

Will decision on REDD+ emissions verification emerge in Warsaw?

Louis Verchot is normally an optimist, but even he is doubtful: “It’s been four years since the debate on measuring, reporting and verifying (MRV)...

Pilot projects versus National Policy in the REDD+ arena

A recent workshop in Ethiopia reunited governmental, civil society and private sector stakeholders, from various countries across Africa, to discuss the linkages between local...

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Taraba to plant 2m tree crops to mitigate climate change, promote economic empowerment

Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State on Saturday, April 20, 2024, flagged-off a project involving the planting of two...
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BirdLife takes up fresh campaign to safeguard West African vultures

BirdLife Africa has said that the launch of the West African Vulture Conservation Action Plan (WAVCAP), which held on...

Tpl. Catherine Kehinde George: A trailblazer in town planning education

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you die and rotten, either write things worth reading or...

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Taraba to plant 2m tree crops to mitigate climate change, promote economic empowerment

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BirdLife takes up fresh campaign to safeguard West African vultures

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