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Monthly Archives: September, 2015

Govts, traders urged to stem Congo Basin timber trade

Congo Basin governments and their main timber trading partners must take concrete action to tackle illegal logging according to Greenpeace Africa.  During the 14th edition of...

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,...

Photos: Protest at World Forestry Congress in Durban

As the World Forestry Congress begins on Monday September 7, 2015 in Durban, Greenpeace calls on the delegates to take action to protect the...

Greenpeace demands action for targets to tackle deforestation

Governments and corporations must back up their words with action to achieve ambitious global targets to combat deforestation, Greenpeace International Executive Director, Kumi Naidoo,...

Desertification: Sokoto outlaws tree-felling

In a bid to curb desert encroachment and land degradation, the Sokoto State Government has banned the practice of felling trees which some use...

Photos: President Buhari administers polio vaccine

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday administered Oral Polio Vaccines (OPV) on some children in his country home, Daura, Katsina State. The event, which took place at...

Sokoto flood kills boy, destroys N500m farm produce

Floods are said to have ripped through seven local government areas of Sokoto State, leading to the death of a seven-year-old boy and destruction...

Beyond endurance: Pictures telling Uganda’s water story

Stories of water harvesting, pollution, scarcity and misuse among others are not new in developing countries. And in Uganda and several other countries in Eastern...

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Building country capacities to access funding for climate adaptation

As climate change accelerates, the urgency for countries to implement crucial plans that build resilience to impacts of climate...
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Don advocates state of emergency in power sector

A Professor of Energy and Power Engineering, Osadolor Odia, has called for a state of emergency in power generation...

Ekwueme varsity, World Resources Institute to present report on oil and gas transition implications on Nigerian economy

The Centre for Climate Change and Development (CCCD) at Alex Ekwueme Federal University, in collaboration with the World Resources...

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Building country capacities to access funding for climate adaptation

As climate change accelerates, the urgency for countries to...

Don advocates state of emergency in power sector

A Professor of Energy and Power Engineering, Osadolor Odia,...
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