Yearly Archives: 2016

Cover

China, UNCCD to curb desertification along drought-stricken belt

China and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on Friday (17 June 2016) in Beijing, China launched the Joint Action Initiative to...

admin - June 17, 2016

Cover

Row, criticisms trail Makoko Floating School collapse

A row has broken out over architect Kunlé Adeyemi's award-winning Makoko Floating School following its recent collapse, with a community leader in Lagos claiming pupils were...

admin - June 16, 2016

Renewable Energy

Why Ghana must shun coal energy, by Oilwatch

In commemoration of the World Environment Day 2016, Oilwatch Ghana joins the No Coal Energy campaign in the West African nation, stressing that, given...

admin - June 16, 2016

Renewable Energy

Is the AfDB forgetting off-grid in its New Deal on Energy?

A new senior job posting by the African Development Bank (AfDB) suggests that "business as usual" approaches at the bank will continue with regard...

admin - June 16, 2016

Business

Nigeria advised on solid minerals exploitation

As the country seeks to diversify the economy to non-oil base following dwindling oil price, Nigeria has been advised not to be in a...

admin - June 15, 2016

Agric & Biotech

Biosafety law not compliant with UN biodiversity pact, says group

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Act 2015 is not compliant with the Cartagena Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, the...

admin - June 15, 2016

Sustainable Devpt

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...

admin - June 14, 2016

Sustainable Devpt

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...

admin - June 13, 2016

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