Yearly Archives: 2016

Cover

FUT Minna produces second batch of WASCAL graduates

The Federal University of Technology in Minna (FUT Minna), Niger State has produced its second set (or ‘Batch B’) of graduates under a special...

admin - March 3, 2016

Sustainable Devpt

Congo may re-open vast rainforest to industrial loggers

A tropical rainforest more than twice the size of France is at risk of being cut down, following news from the Democratic Republic of...

admin - March 2, 2016

Sustainable Devpt

Livelihoods, forests at risk if land rights are ignored, says report

Indigenous Peoples and local communities protect half the world's land, but formally own just 10 percent, according to a report released today by a...

admin - March 2, 2016

Conservation

UNEP lifts wildlife trade embargo on Nigeria

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world in marking the 2016 World Wildlife Day, Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, has disclosed that the...

admin - March 2, 2016

Cover

Peruvian community flays state oil firm over devastating spill

On the 18th February 2016 the autonomous territorial government of the indigenous Wampis people (Wampis GTA) submitted a formal complaint to Peru’s regulatory body...

admin - March 2, 2016

Cover

Pollution: Shell reacts as fresh international legal actions are launched

Two Nigerian Niger Delta communities are suing oil big-wig Shell and asking for compensation for oil spills on their land. It is the second in five...

admin - March 2, 2016

Photo News

Photos: Ségolène Royal visits Côte d’Ivoire

Newly appointed President of COP21, Ségolène Royal, last week paid a courtesy visit to the West African French-speaking nation of Côte d'Ivoire. Royal, who recently...

admin - March 1, 2016

Climate Change

Fiji begins post-Cyclone Winston cleanup amid call for climate action

A massive clean-up operation has begun on the Pacific Island of Fiji after a powerful cyclone. Cyclone Winston hit the island last week, with winds...

admin - March 1, 2016

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