Monthly Archives: December, 2016

Governments urged to integrate biodiversity concerns into national strategies

World-renowned biodiversity experts are urging government officials from more than 190 countries meeting in Cancún, Mexico to step up efforts to integrate the protection of biodiversity...

Images: Mariann Bassey Orovwuje emerges new Chair of AFSA

Mariann Bassey Orovwuje, an environmental activist with the Friends of the Earth - Africa’s Food Sovereignty Campaign based in Nigeria, has emerged the new...

Legal toolkit to aid Paris implementation underway

Legal experts from key international organisations, including the Commonwealth Secretariat, met for two days last week to develop a climate change legal toolkit to...

World Soil Day: Healthy soils critical for climate action – Ban Ki-moon

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has said that, in a modern world where the population is growing, cities are expanding, the climate is changing...

G20 Presidency: Germany makes climate action key focus

Germany has announced that it will make climate action a key focus of the G20 during its Presidency of the group, which runs until...

Lagos riverside community evictees suffer fresh attacks

In the aftermath of the forced eviction of over 30,000 persons from Otodo Gbame community in Lagos on 9-10 November 2016, evictees have suffered...

Ministers commit to integrate biodiversity into key economic sectors

Ministers from around the world have committed to working together to save biodiversity and take urgent action to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and...

REDD+ strategy finalised, Readiness Phase completed

In line with the two-track approach in executing its REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) Programme, state and national Framework Strategies for...

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Lagos launches online system for building permit

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has launched an electronic system that will simplify the process of obtaining physical...
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Nigeria committed to sustainability of biosphere reserves, ecological research – FRIN DG

Director-General, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Prof. Zacharia Yaduma, says Nigeria is strengthening policy and legal frameworks to...

Türkiye moves to ban single-use plastics, releases 11.6m barrels of crude from reserves

Türkiye has decided to phase out single-use plastics in line with the European Union’s acquis, aiming to further contribute...

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Lagos launches online system for building permit

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has launched an...

Nigeria committed to sustainability of biosphere reserves, ecological research – FRIN DG

Director-General, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Prof. Zacharia...