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Yearly Archives: 2016

NEWMAP to battle land degradation in 12 more states

Twelve additional states have recently become partners with the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) in combating environmental and land degradation. The states...

Stemming the tide of plastics in oceans

Plastic pollution seems to be everywhere, from Atlantic beaches to Arctic sea ice to huge swirling vortexes of trash in the Pacific Ocean. Plastics...

WaterAid launches 15-year Nigeria programme strategy

WaterAid Nigeria has launched its 2016-2021 country programme strategy, thereby laying the foundation for the 15-year path to achieving universal access to water, sanitation...

Belgium, Bulgaria ratify Nagoya Protocol

Belgium and Bulgaria have become the latest countries to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing...

Three Persian leopards released to boost Russian population

The cats’ return to Caucasus is expected to lay a foundation for new Persian leopard population in Russia. The Persian leopard population declined drastically...

Singh: How rangers are working to save tigers

Rohit Singh supports ranger and law enforcement work across countries that have wild tigers as part of the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Tigers Alive...

US indigenous groups kick against pipeline erection

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) last week jointly submitted an urgent action communication to four United Nations...

How GEF civil society is fulfilling its role

An appraisal of the Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Network under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has thrown up a wide range of recommendations aimed...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the global fund against malaria and other diseases in Nigeria for...
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World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by the end of the century more than half of the...

China continues to battle flood in Pearl River Basin

China’s Ministry of Water Resources is intensifying precautionary measures against flooding as heavy rain continues to lash southern China. The...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

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World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

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