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Monthly Archives: December, 2016

REDD+: Protecting forests, revitalising communities in Kenya

In the Kasigau Corridor region of East Kenya, generations of cattle grazed the fields into dust and labourers clear-cut much of the dryland forest...

UN unveils early preparations for COP23

The 2017 UN Climate Change Conference – specifically the 23rd Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention...

Our conservation wins in 2016, by WWF

Sara Thomas, Manager, Online Advocacy, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), lists the conservation group’s achievements in 2016, which she tags “a year of action” Powered by our...

UN Security Council passes resolution on human trafficking

Executive Director the United Nations Office on Drugs (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, has welcomed a resolution passed at the UN Security Council on Tuesday. "The...

Rethinking climate governance

From all indications, it is crystal clear that the world is earnestly yearning for best practice in climate governance, thus unfolding global developments have...

Groups drive nation’s community-based REDD+ initiative

Twelve civil society organisations (CSOs) have commenced the implementation of community projects in forest dependent communities in Cross River State. The development is coming...

Amina Mohammed has date with history, says group

Against the backdrop of the appointment of Mrs Amina Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, as UN Deputy Secretary General, the Abuja-based “Follow The Money”,...

How civil society mobilisation illustrated COP22

A month following the end of the 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...

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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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