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Conservation
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Kill a python and go to jail, warns zookeeper
Manager of the Imo State Zoological Garden, Dr Francis Abioye, has cautioned Nigerians against killing ...
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Germany launches funding programme to restore floodplains
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Government investigates alleged trafficking of pangolin scales, ivory tusks
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Group flays impending EU, Vietnam timber trade deal
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$900m worth of Pangolin seizures made in Nigeria in 2018
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Kenya to host maiden African protected areas congress in November
Climate Change
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Women worst-hit by impact of climate change – Experts
Experts have called for concerted efforts from the international communities, regional bodies and other stakeholders ...
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Nigerians urged to plant four trees to replace one
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Climate change takes centre stage at Hague conference
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How Katowice Climate Package will operationalise Paris Agreement, by UNFCCC
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Key elements of Katowice Climate Package
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NiMet announces further deterioration in visibility over Nigeria
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Study says Americans are increasingly ‘alarmed’ about global warming
Renewable Energy
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Nigeria among leaders in renewable energy – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says Nigeria is a continental ...
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AfDB commences electricity cooperative feasibility studies in Nigeria, Ethiopia
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Women technicians emerge as scheme seeks to improve livelihood in insurgency-hit state
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Green Bond funds N146m Sokoto grid-connected solar plant
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BoI, AllOn to fund N1bn Niger Delta off-grid energy
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Rural hospitals in Cameroon get solar energy succour
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EU agrees fresh rules for energy efficiency, household appliances’ longevity
Human Settlement
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Group plans publication on sustainable settlements
The Physical Planning Renaissance Initiative (PPRI), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) established to advance urban planning ...
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ECOWAS, AfDB sign $22.7m Abidjan-Lagos highway agreement
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Planners urge government to domesticate New Urban Agenda
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$93m Gambia-Senegal link bridge to boost trade, reduce travel time
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New €1bn Senegal express train cuts travel time in capital
Health
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Africa requires bold leadership to eradicate Ebola – ECA
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says eradicating the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) from ...
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How weather affects Nigeria’s electoral processes, by environmentalist
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Health workers who steal drugs culpable for deaths, says Ugandan minister
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Hong Kong proposes to ban E-cigarettes
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AU, AfDB launch scorecard to track nutrition progress
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Ethiopia enacts law to curb growing tobacco epidemic
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WHO increases support on Lassa fever in W/Africa
Marine
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Corals need 9 to 12 yrs to fully recover from bleaching, study finds
Corals need nine to 12 years to fully recover following large environmental disturbances such as ...
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Government seeks blueprint on effective utilisation of underwater valuables
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EU adopts proposal on emissions from maritime transport
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Germany restricts professional fisheries in protected areas of North Sea
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Nigeria, Togo fishers clamour sustainable fishing
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Government restates commitment to promoting blue economy
Real Estate
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Kenya to partner private landowners on affordable housing
Kenya will partner private landowners to implement a development blueprint on affordable housing, Charles Mwaura, ...
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Quantity surveyor seeks modernised mud houses
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Lagos, engineers collaborate on adherence to site safety
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Valuers clamour commitment to professional standards
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Why construction industry performed poorly in 2018, by builders
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Group calls for restructuring of mortgage refinancing company
Science & Tech
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Scientific body launches programme to boost research management
The Nairobi-based African Academy of Sciences (AAS) on Thursday, February 21, 2019 launched a programme ...
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Nothing to fear about eclipse – Scientists
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Total lunar eclipse to take place on Monday
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Buhari reiterates commitment to science, technology intervention funds
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China to collect samples from moon this year
Sustainable Devpt
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Boosting production of leaves to phase out polythene
Scientists have warned on many occasions that the use of plastic materials, especially to wrap ...
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EU takes Brexit precaution for chemicals trade
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Africa accused of not investing enough on environment
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Government tasked on measures to reduce carbon footprints
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Guterres describes SDGs as blueprint for world’s prosperity
Water & Sanitation
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Agency lays emphasis on water safety in Sokoto
The Sokoto Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) has begun training of communities on ...
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Agency lists sanitation challenges in Sokoto border communities
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Stakeholders call for massive investment in water infrastructure
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Stakeholders flay privatisation, seek workable water supply scheme
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Government delivers Zobe Dam water scheme in Katsina after 27 years
Waste Management
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Women urged to invest in waste management business
An expert in waste management, Mrs Sade Nubi, has called on women at various levels ...
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LAWMA to wind down Olusosun landfill
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Government, HYPREP cautioned over Ogoni clean-up waste management
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Over 100 Indian cities commit to adopt sustainable waste management practices
Photo News
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Images: De-risking sustainable off-grid lighting
A collaboration involving the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office and the Global Environment ...
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Images: Making interlocking blocks from plastic waste
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Images: Nigeria faces, functions at COP24
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Images: Validating draft energy sector reports
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Images: Faces at NCF Green Ball 2018
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Images: WWF at Global Climate Action Summit
Agric & Biotech
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Utilising weather forecast to boost agriculture
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) predicts a below-normal-rainfall, dwindling amount and duration in many parts ...
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Rice farmers flag-off 2019 dry season farming
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Why permit for commercial release of Bt Cowpea in Nigeria should be revoked
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Bill Gates donates $15m to global GMOs campaign
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Academia, farmers flay call to ban GM beans
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Biosafety agency reaffirms commitment to safety in regulating GMOs
Human Welfare
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13.5m Afghans suffering from severe food insecurity, says UN
No fewer than 13.5 million Afghans across the war-torn and poverty-stricken country are suffering from ...
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Nigeria decries Cameroon’s denial of entry to 35,000 refugees
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A generation of unschooled Cameroonians, another generation of conflict?
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Lake Chad: Dambazau solicits stakeholders’ support on humanitarian crisis
Pollution
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Greepeace kicks as Total makes South Africa oil and gas discovery
Total’s announcement on Thursday, February 7, 2019 that it has made a significant gas condensate ...
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Nedbank, Standard Bank, FirstRand pull out of funding South Africa’s coal plants
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Study to determine source of Delhi’s air pollution launched
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Environmentalist wants religious bodies, communities involved in Niger Delta clean-up
Land Degradation
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924,000 square metres of Nigerian land degraded daily
Minister of Environment, Alhaji Suleiman Zarma, says there is an urgent need to recover and ...
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Ogoniland clean-up: Community monitors emerge, concerns over emergency measures
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UNHCR to plant 20m trees in Uganda to curb deforestation
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No single formula for all forms of deforestation – Study
Disaster Risk Management
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SEMA sensitises community on fire, flood management in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) with support of an NGO, Christian Aid, on ...
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Extreme weather events affected 60m people in Nigeria, others in 2018
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NEMA seeks partnership on disaster management
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NEMA reviews National Contingency Plan to tackle climate change, complex emergencies
