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Monthly Archives: September, 2016

Mali is 61st nation to ratify Paris Agreement

Mali on Friday, 23 September 2016 deposited its instrument of ratification of the Paris Agreement with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

AfDB president, Adesina, in first official visit to Nigeria

Dr Adesina meets Economic Team, commends authorities for bold steps taken, and announces emergency grant for Internally Displaced People Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the...

Sharks, rays high on CITES COP17 Agenda

Delegates to the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and...

Kenyan, Njeri Kabeberi, to head Greenpeace Africa

Kenyan-born Njeri Kabeberi has been named as Executive Director for Greenpeace Africa, which says that the choice was informed by the need for a...

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...

WRD: Nigeria rivers fall below WHO standards

Irikefe Dafe, head of both the River Ethiope Trust Foundation (RETFON) as well as Foundation for the Conservation of Nigerian Rivers (FCNR), laments the...

Worry over waterways’ dilemma as world marks Rivers Day

World Rivers Day increases awareness, promotes stewardship, and encourages river conservation around the globe. The worldwide event has its roots in British Columbia, Canada Millions...

A2R to fast-track climate action for sustainable development

Partners of a new UN-led platform to mobilise and accelerate action on climate resilience agreed on Friday to move ahead with plans that will...

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Ghana’s biosafety authority: Granting GMO import permits to be based on regulations, international best practices

Clearly, it will not be out of place to declare April 2024 as “the month of Genetic Engineering GE)”...
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Stakeholders advocate increased budget to fight impacts of climate change

Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for increased budget allocation to fight the impacts of climate change in...

Domestic ivory markets must not be reopened – EPI Foundation

The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), has expressed...

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