Yearly Archives: 2017

FEC approves revised biosafety bill, two others

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Thursday, December 21, 2017 approved three bills on revised National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Copy Rights and the...

AfDB, others asked to stop funding fossil fuel projects

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other financial institutions that currently pump huge...

Campaigners flay issuance of permit to grow GM cassava

The Health of Mother Health Foundation (HOMEF) and a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have condemned the granting of a permit to the...

GWP-WA, ECOWAS adopt water, energy, food, ecosystem nexus

The Global Water Partnership of West Africa (GWP-WA) in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) organised in Bamako, Mali, the...

Indigenous peoples confirm involvement in GLF to 2022

A coordinating forum of the world’s indigenous peoples has confirmed its involvement in the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) over the next five years with the...

World Resilient Cities: Authorities puzzled over alleged delisting of Enugu

The alleged delisting of Enugu, the capital of Enugu State, as one of the 100 resilient cities of the world by the Rockefeller Foundation...

8,000-year-old village site discovered in Inner Mongolia

Archaeologists recently discovered ruins of an 8,000-year old village in Huade County, northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a local media reported on Thursday. The...

Concern as carbide-ripened fruits flood Abuja, Nassarawa markets

Apart from its various industrial uses, calcium carbide is increasingly becoming popular as a means of force-ripening fruits in many urban communities across the...

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WWF Africa marks 20 years of Earth Hour with call for renewed environmental action

WWF Africa has commemorated 20 years of Earth Hour, celebrating two decades of global and African-led action to protect...
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10 key takeaways that explain the global waste crisis

Solid waste is one of the most visible by-products of human prosperity - and one of the most underestimated...

‘Reducing demand’ identified a complementary strategy to combat illegal wildlife trade 

Demand for wildlife products supplied through illegal trade supply chains continues to place significant pressure on many wild species....

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WWF Africa marks 20 years of Earth Hour with call for renewed environmental action

WWF Africa has commemorated 20 years of Earth Hour,...

10 key takeaways that explain the global waste crisis

Solid waste is one of the most visible by-products...