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Yearly Archives: 2017

‘Ocean Atlas 2017’ sounds wake-up call on escalating sea crisis

Bothered by the unsavoury conditions faced by oceans and coasts, a group of publishers is calling for local action and global regulations to raise...

Finland ratifies Minamata Convention

The Government of Finland on Thursday, June 1, 2017 deposited its instrument of ratification, thereby becoming the 55th future Party to the Minamata Convention. This...

$1bn Israeli solar commitment to ECOWAS unveiled

Energiya Global, an Israeli solar developer, will invest $1 billion over the next four years to advance green energy power projects across the 15...

World Environment Day: What vultures’ decline portends for health, economy – NCF

Director General, Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Adeniyi Karunwi, is bothered by the rate at which vultures are declining. In this treatise, he emphasises that...

Indigenous Peoples describe U.S. climate accord pull-out affront to planet, human rights

On Thursday, June 1 2017, President Donald Trump announced that his government would withdraw from the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The U.S. now joins...

As wildlife returns, Ivorian park may be struck off ‘danger list’

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recommended withdrawing in-danger status from Comoé National Park in Côte d’Ivoire after seeing chimps and...

Nigeria earned $590bn from petroleum sector in 15 years, says transparency agency

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has called for closer partnership with the civil society to enable it implement remedial issues contained in...

ECOWAS partners ICEED on cookstoves testing, standards

In collaboration with the International Centre for Energy, Environment & Development (ICEED), the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREE) is training...

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World Pangolin Day 2026: Stronger laws will protect pangolins, says Wild Africa

Wild Africa has called on the Nigerian government to protect pangolins, the world's most trafficked mammals, from extinction and...
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Dangote Refinery delivers cleaner air, healthier lives with high quality fuel – MD

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals, David Bird, has said the refinery...

NIMC goes paperless, launches WorkflowPro for digital correspondence

In furtherance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda and the Federal Government's commitment to institutionalising a paperless...

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World Pangolin Day 2026: Stronger laws will protect pangolins, says Wild Africa

Wild Africa has called on the Nigerian government to...

Dangote Refinery delivers cleaner air, healthier lives with high quality fuel – MD

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote...
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