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Monthly Archives: June, 2016

Zambia, China, Finland ratify Nagoya Protocol

China, Finland and Zambia are the latest countries to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing...

Greenpeace urges Michelin to stop patronising deforestation-friendly rubber growers

Michelin Group, world leading tyre manufacturer and first world buyer of natural rubber, recently published a zero deforestation procurement policy based on the methodology...

On Monsanto’s claims that GMOs are safe

We have read with interest Monsanto’s defence of NBMA in its response to Premium Time’s report highlighting NBMA’s surreptitious granting of permits to them to bring their...

Tough choices for Ethiopia’s Boricha district amid water shortages

In Boricha district of Ethiopia, women and children walk up to five hours to collect water from shallow and unprotected ponds which they share...

Group knocks Lagos legislator’s water privatisation stand

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has described suggestions by the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, that...

June 15 declared Global Action Day over slain Honduran campaigner

Wednesday, June 15th 2016 marks the global day of action calling for justice for Berta Cáceres, an indigenous Lenca woman and environmental justice and indigenous land...

Superhighway: We need good roads but not at expense of cultural heritage – Ekuri

Courtesy of the Benin City, Edo State-based Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), representatives of communities that are being impacted by the Superhighway Project...

High child, maternal mortality rate rocks Lagos island community

Residents of Igbologun Community, popularly known as Snake Island, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, have cried out to government to...

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Don, stakeholders call for stronger enforcement of environmental laws in Niger Delta

A lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Ibibia Worika, has called for stronger implementation of legal and...
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Nigeria’s obesity crisis: Experts urge immediate action

Nigeria is experiencing a rising obesity epidemic, prompting healthcare experts to urge immediate action to prevent, manage, and mitigate...

Diesel passes €2 per litre in Germany due to war in Iran

The price of diesel in Germany has climbed to more than €2 ($2.32) per litre as a result of...

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Don, stakeholders call for stronger enforcement of environmental laws in Niger Delta

A lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Prof....

Nigeria’s obesity crisis: Experts urge immediate action

Nigeria is experiencing a rising obesity epidemic, prompting healthcare...
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