Monthly Archives: November, 2017

Agric & Biotech

EU attempt to renew glyphosate license fails as deadline approaches

The European Commission failed on Thursday, November, 9, 2017 to secure EU member states’ support for the renewal of the license for the controversial weed...

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Cover

524,000 killed by extreme weather in 20 years, report finds

Haiti, Zimbabwe and Fiji were named as the three countries which suffered most at the hands of extreme weather during 2016 in a climate...

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Conservation

Ivory, pangolin scales smuggled from Congo seized by Thai officials

Ivory and pangolin scales worth $355,000 smuggled from Congo have been seized in Thailand, Customs officials said on Thursday, November 9, 2017. Four elephant tusks...

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Climate Change

Reps pass Climate Change Bill

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 passed a bill to provide a legal framework for mainstreaming of climate change responses and...

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Agric & Biotech

Government to establish six crop processing zones

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, November 6, 2017 in Abuja said that the Federal Government would establish six crop processing zones in the country...

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Cover

Flash floods claim over 100 lives in Central Vietnam

The death toll following flash floods in Central Vietnam has risen to 106, authorities said on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 with 25 people still...

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Human Settlement

World Town Planning Day: Lagos scored low on urban development, physical planning

Registered town planning practitioners in Lagos have expressed concerns over what they describe as the “occasional mis-governance” in the strategic planning, implementation and sustainability...

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Climate Change